Since the subject has come up, I have recently read that "Destination Tokyo" was loosely based on the raid at Weewak harbor by the USS Wahoo on her third war patrol.
The patrol reports are fascinating to read. http://www.warfish.com/warpatrolfrm3.html
Joe
From: Michael Holt <mholt@ohiohills.com>
Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sounds
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:30:55 -0500
Brian Cox wrote:
> You have to see " The Enemy Below", it's a classic, Robert Michem at
> his best! Favorite line from the move: "They're just fish" Also
> another good movie is "Destination Tokyo" with Cary Grant, the film
> was made is 1943. It's pretty good movie for '43.
I have those in my collection. I'm just looking for sound bites I can
use for my computer.
(By the way, I consider "Destination Tokyo" to be the best submarine
war movie from America.)
Mike