http://www.cswap.com/1996/Down_Periscope/cap/en/25fps/a/00_06
Down Periscope
:06:03
- I was trained to command a nuclear boat.
- Are you refusing to take command?
:06:09
- No, sir.
- Good.
:06:12
- Meet your crew here tomorrow at 0700.
- They also left over from World War Two, sir?
:06:17
No, Captain.
:06:19
They've been handpicked... by me.
:06:26
Come on in.
:06:28
Thank you for seeing me
on such short notice, Admiral Winslow.
:06:31
- Take a seat.
- Thank you.
:06:35
- Well, how do you like your boat?
- It's a complete piece of...
:06:41
antiquated equipment, sir.
:06:44
I have dedicated a substantial portion
of my life to getting my own boat.
:06:48
I was wondering why
you chose to embarrass me.
:06:50
No embarrassment intended.
You've been chosen for a specific mission.
:06:55
To turn her into a museum, sir?
The Wonderful World Of Corrosion?
:06:59
Hardly.
:07:01
Here are recent satellite photos of Russian
bases at Petropavlovsk and Vladivostok.
:07:06
That's where the Russians
have got their diesel sub fleet.
:07:10
But each week they're fewer because
they're selling them off like hot cakes
:07:15
to countries like Iran,
Iraq and Libya, to name a few.
:07:18
With respect, sir, one American nuclear
attack sub could defeat several diesels.
:07:23
In conventional battle, certainly that's true.
:07:26
What if you had one renegade diesel captain
who decided to hit us without warning,
:07:32
a terrorist intent on getting
a nuclear warhead into a harbour?
:07:35
Do you think we could catch and kill
a bogie like that in time?
:07:39
Absolutely, sir.
:07:41
Well, most of the admiralty,
they would agree with you.
:07:45
But me, personally, I'd like to know for sure.
:07:48
That's why you'll clean up the Stingray
and take her out off the Atlantic coast
:07:52
for a series of war games.
:07:55
One rebel diesel against the US nuclear navy.
http://my.excite.com/tv/prog.jsp?id=MV000451790000&sid=12499&sn=ABCFP&st=200910182200&cn=39
Down Periscope (1996)
39 ABCFP: Sunday, October 18 10:00 PM
1996, PG-13, **, 01:32, Color, English, United States,
A Navy admiral (Bruce Dern) stacks the deck against a submarine commander (Kelsey Grammer) whose career hinges on winning at war games.
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Bruce Dern, Rob Schneider, Rip Torn, Harry Dean Stanton, William H. Macy, Ken Hudson Campbell, Toby Huss, Duane Martin, Jonathan Penner, Bradford Tatum, Harland Williams Director(s): David S. Ward Producer(s): Robert Lawrence
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0116130/
Down Periscope (1996)
Release Date: 1 March 1996 (USA)
Plot: Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge is assigned as Captain to the USS Stingray, an old diesel driven submarine that has seen better days
Kelsey Grammer ... Lt. Cmdr. Thomas 'Tom' Dodge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_(DDG-67)
USS Cole (DDG-67)
Launched: 10 February 1995
Commissioned: 8 June 1996
Propulsion: 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines
The second USS Cole (DDG-67) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyer homeported in NS Norfolk, Virginia.
Cole is one of 62 authorized Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers
From 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on planet Mars and my documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of planet Mars ) to 6/8/1996 ( USS Cole DDG-67 commissioned and I was the first Commanding Officer of USS Cole DDG-67 ) is: 7444 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/21/1979 ( my wife Phoebe and I are married ) is: 7444 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG67.htm
USS COLE (DDG 67)
GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
Class: DDG 51
Commission Date: 06/08/1996
From 10/11/1976 ( U.S. Public Law 94-479 General of the Armies of the United States approved by U.S. President Gerald Ford and applies to me personally and professionally as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan U.S. Navy ) To 12/9/1995 ( USS John C. Stennis CVN 74 commissioned into U.S. Navy active duty ) is 6998 days
6998 = 3499 + 3499
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) To 2/12/1973 ( Operation Homecoming begins and I was the lead C-141A pilot transporting home the American POWs ) is 3499 days
From 3/13/1978 ( U.S. Department of the Army Order 31-3 General Of The Armies applies to me personally and professionally as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan U.S. Navy ) To 12/9/1995 ( USS John C. Stennis CVN 74 commissioned into U.S. Navy active duty ) is 6480 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) To 4/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 Columbia spacecraft as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan U.S. Navy ) is 6480 days
From 3/13/1978 ( U.S. Department of the Army Order 31-3 General Of The Armies applies to me personally and professionally as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan U.S. Navy ) To 12/9/1995 ( USS John C. Stennis CVN 74 commissioned into U.S. Navy active duty ) is 6480 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) To 11/28/1976 ( I launched from Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth and home ) is 6480 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/CVN74.htm
USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74)
MULTI-PURPOSE AIRCRAFT CARRIER (NUCLEAR-PROPULSION)
Class: CVN 68
Commission Date: 12/09/1995
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/4/1992 ( USS George Washington CVN 73 commissioned into U.S. Navy active service and I was the first Commanding Officer of USS George Washington CVN 73 ) is: 12176 days
12176 = 6088 + 6088
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept Comet Lucifer in the outer solar system ) is: 6088 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/CVN73.htm
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)
MULTI-PURPOSE AIRCRAFT CARRIER (NUCLEAR-PROPULSION)
Class: CVN 68
Commission Date: 07/04/1992
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_admiral
Admiral of the Fleet
An Admiral of the Fleet or Fleet Admiral, is a military naval officer of the highest rank. In the United States, the rank of Fleet Admiral is reserved for war time use, with the last promotions to position coming during World War II. It is usually a rank above Admiral, and is often held by the most senior Admiral of an entire naval service. It is also a generic term for a senior Admiral in command of a large group of ships, comprising a fleet or, in some cases, a group of fleets. If actually a rank (equivalent to an army Field Marshal or General of the Army, which ranks above General), its name varies depending on the country, including Fleet Admiral, Admiral of the Fleet, Admiral of the Navy, and Grand Admiral.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Admiral_%28United_States%29
Fleet Admiral (United States)
Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy (FADM), or more commonly referred to as Fleet Admiral, is a five-star flag officer rank and is presently considered the highest possible rank in the United States Navy.
The insignia for Fleet Admiral comprises five stars in a pentagon design with a thick rank stripe, below four smaller stripes, on the service dress blue uniform.
The Fleet Admiral rank is reserved for war-time use only
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_of_the_Armies
General of the Armies
General of the Armies and General of the Armies of the United States are the highest possible ranks in the United States Army.
After World War II, which saw the introduction of U.S. "5-star" officers who outranked Washington, both Congress and the President revisited the issue of Washington's rank. To maintain George Washington's proper position as the first Commanding General of the United States Army, he was appointed, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 January 19, 1976, approved by President Gerald R. Ford on October 11, 1976. The law established the grade as having "rank and precedence over all other grades of the Army, past or present,"clearly making it superior to General of the Army. The Department of the Army Order 31-3, issued on March 13, 1978 had an effective appointment date of July 4, 1976. The rank ensures that no United States military officer outranks George Washington
