Visible crew/equipment: Sam and Mick are watching the John Paul Jones sink. A reflector screen is seen on Mick's binoculars. (01:36:15)

Battleship (2012)
1 visible crew/equipment mistake
Directed by: Peter Berg
Starring: Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna
Factual error: With about 20 minutes left in the movie, after they show them carrying the shell to the 16" gun, they show the gun barrel being raised to firing position and then being loaded and then fired. The Iowa class battleships 16" guns can only be loaded in the down position.
Cal Zapata: If there is intelligent life out there and they come here, it's going to be like Columbus and the Indians, only we're the Indians.
Trivia: The missiles fired by the alien ships are the same shape as the pegs in the board game.
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