Factual error: As the movie opens, the submarine is dispatching frogmen to acquire Japanese mines that are sonar-proof. The problem with this is that in order to locate mines by sonar, either the mines must make noises to be picked up by passive hydrophones, or the submarine has to start pinging with active sonar. Doing this makes the submarine vulnerable to any enemy listening in. I can't imagine a submarine venturing into a mined strait, announcing to one and all, "Here I am"..

Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Directed by: Nathan Juran
Starring: Ronald Reagan, Arthur Franz, Robert Arthur, Nancy Reagan
Factual error: WWII divers are seen using open-circuit SCUBA gear that was not available at that time.




