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56-539: The USCGC Blackhaw (WLB-390) was a Iris -class buoy tender belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 18 June 1943 and commissioned on 17 February 1944. The Iris-class buoy tenders were constructed after the Mesquite-class buoy tenders . Blackhaw cost $ 871,771 to construct and had an overall length of 180 feet (55 m). She had a beam of 37 feet (11 m) and

112-486: A draft of up to 12 feet (3.7 m) at the time of construction, although this was increased to 14 feet 7 inches (4.45 m) in 1966. She initially had a displacement of 935 long tons (950 t; 1,047 short tons); this was increased to 1,026 long tons (1,042 t; 1,149 short tons) in 1966. She was powered by one electric motor. This was connected up to two Westinghouse generators which were driven by two CooperBessemer GND-8 four-cycle diesel engines. She had

168-400: A weighted average score of 58 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average views". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "a skillful, efficient film that involves us in the clever and deceptive game being played", while Gene Siskel commented on

224-583: A " caterpillar drive ", rendering it undetectable to passive sonar . Ramius leaves port in northern Russia to conduct exercises along with Alfa-class attack submarine V. K. Konovalov , commanded by his former student Captain Tupolev. At sea, Ramius secretly kills political officer Ivan Putin and relays false orders to his crew that they are to conduct missile drills off America's east coast . American Los Angeles -class attack submarine USS Dallas , which had been shadowing Red October , loses contact once

280-418: A 10 metres (33 ft) circle in winds of up to 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) and waves of up to 8 feet (2.4 m). The Hunt for Red October (film) The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 American submarine spy thriller film directed by John McTiernan , produced by Mace Neufeld , and starring Sean Connery , Alec Baldwin , Scott Glenn , James Earl Jones , and Sam Neill . The film

336-399: A complement of six officers and seventy-four crew members in 1945; this decreased to two warrants, four officers, and forty-seven men in 1966. They were fitted with a SL1 radar system and QBE-3A sonar system in 1945. Their armament consisted of one 3"/50 caliber gun , two 20 mm /80 guns, two Mousetraps , two depth charge tracks, and four Y-guns in 1945; these were removed in 1966. Blackhaw

392-518: A deliberate conceit. The film begins with the actors speaking Russian with English subtitles. But in an early scene, actor Peter Firth casually switches in mid-sentence to speaking in English on the word "Armageddon", which is the same spoken word in both languages. After that point, all the Soviets' dialogue is communicated in English. Connery continued using his native Scottish accent for the rest of

448-480: A dry-dock crew. Filmmaker John Milius revised some of the film's script, writing a few speeches for Sean Connery and all of his Russian dialogue. He was asked to rewrite the whole film but was only required to do the Russian sequences. Rather than choosing between the realism of Russian dialog with subtitles, or the audience-friendly use of English (with or without Russian accents), the filmmakers compromised with

504-547: A flight home and thanks to his exertions is finally able to sleep aboard a plane , while seated next to a teddy bear intended for his daughter. In addition, the director's father, John McTiernan Sr., has a credited cameo as one of the attendees at Ryan's briefing of the National Security Advisor. Producer Mace Neufeld optioned Tom Clancy's novel after reading galley proofs in February 1985. Despite

560-613: A hazardous mid-ocean transfer, Ryan is able to board Dallas , where he attempts to persuade its captain, Commander Bart Mancuso, to contact Ramius and determine his real intentions. The Soviet ambassador informs the U.S. government that Ramius is a renegade and asks for help in sinking Red October . That order is sent to the U.S. fleet, including Dallas , which has reacquired the Soviet sub. Ryan remains convinced that Ramius plans to defect with his officers and finally convinces Mancuso to contact Ramius and offer assistance. Ramius, stunned that

616-454: A minor sensation in the black projects submarine warfare technology community. In one scene, where USS Dallas is chasing Red October through the submarine canyon, the crew can be heard calling out that they have various " milligal anomalies". This essentially revealed the use of gravimetry as a method of silent navigation in US submarines (though this method of navigation had been explained as

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672-549: A renegade nuclear strike. During the briefing, Ryan hypothesizes that Ramius, a native-born Lithuanian widower with few remaining personal ties to the Soviet Union, instead plans to defect to the United States. National Security Advisor Jeffrey Pelt gives Ryan three days to confirm his theory before the U.S. Navy will be ordered to find and sink Red October . Ryan sets out to rendezvous with an aircraft carrier in

728-408: A single screw. The Iris -class buoy tenders had maximum sustained speeds of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph), although this diminished to around 11.9 knots (22.0 km/h; 13.7 mph) in 1966. For economic and effective operation, they had to initially operate at 8.3 knots (15.4 km/h; 9.6 mph), although this increased to 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) in 1966. The ships had

784-414: A torpedo, which Dallas is able to divert toward herself and evade by launching countermeasures and conducting an emergency blow to the surface. The torpedo reacquires Red October but Mancuso executes a maneuver that diverts the torpedo towards Konovalov , which it strikes and destroys. The crew of Red October , now rescued, witness the submerged explosion from the deck of the U.S. frigate. Unaware of

840-603: Is a somewhat faithful adaptation of Clancy's novel, though there are many deviations, including Red October traveling up the Penobscot River in Maine to dry dock, the omission of the Royal Navy task force including Ryan's time aboard HMS  Invincible , the death of Borodin rather than Kamarov, and V. K. Konovalov being serendipitously destroyed by its own torpedo as opposed to being rammed by Red October , with

896-546: Is an adaptation of Tom Clancy 's 1984 bestselling novel of the same name . It is the first installment of the film series with the protagonist Jack Ryan . The story is set during the late Cold War era and involves a rogue Soviet naval captain who wishes to defect to the United States with his officers and the Soviet Navy 's newest and most advanced ballistic missile submarine , a fictional improvement on

952-404: Is curiously ungripping. Like an overfilled kettle, it takes far too long to come to a boil". Vincent Canby , writing for The New York Times , opined that "the characters, like the lethal hardware, are simply functions of the plot, which in this case seems to be a lot more complex than it really is". The Hunt for Red October was nominated and won several awards in 1991. In addition, the film

1008-461: Is then ambushed by Konovalov . As the two Soviet subs maneuver, one of Red October ' s cooks, Loginov, reveals himself to be the saboteur. He opens fire on the bridge, fatally wounding first officer Vasily Borodin, before retreating to the missile bay, intending to ignite a missile engine and destroy the ship. Loginov is pursued by Ryan and Ramius, and he wounds Ramius before being killed by Ryan. Meanwhile, Konovalov fires upon Red October with

1064-679: The Dallas crew were serving submariners, including the pilot of the DSRV , Lt Cmdr George Billy. Submariners from San Diego were cast as extras because it was easier to hire them than to train actors. Crew from USS  La Jolla , including Lt Mark Draxton, took leave to participate in filming. According to an article in Sea Classics , at least two sailors from the Atlantic Fleet-based Dallas took leave and participated in

1120-550: The Paramount Home Video division for home media markets. Following its wide theatrical release, the film was nominated for and won a number of accolades. At the 63rd Academy Awards , the film was honored with the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing , along with nominations for Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing . On June 12, 1990, the original soundtrack, composed and conducted by Basil Poledouris ,

1176-568: The Soviet national hymn . The soundtrack is limited due to the fact that it was originally compiled to fit the Compact Cassette . Later, it was remastered for the CD . An expanded version was released in late 2013 by Intrada Records . It features 40 additional minutes of the score, including the until-then-unreleased end titles. A widescreen VHS release debuted on September 10, 1996. For

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1232-591: The screenplay while Neufeld approached the U.S. Navy for approval. They feared top secret information or technology might be revealed. However, several admirals liked Clancy's book and reasoned that the film could do for submariners what Top Gun did for the Navy's jet fighter pilots. Captain Michael Sherman, director of the Navy's western regional information office in Los Angeles, suggested changes to

1288-453: The 180s are now retired and have been replaced with the 225-foot (69 m) Juniper -class cutters. The last 180-foot cutter, USCGC  Acacia , was decommissioned on 7 June 2006. The Juniper class ships, launched in the late 1990s, are the second class of purpose-built Coast Guard seagoing buoy tenders. They are designed and operated as multi-mission platforms. While the 180s also performed other Coast Guard missions, they lacked

1344-426: The 30th anniversary commemoration, Paramount Home Entertainment released a 4K Steelbook + Blu-ray+Digital version of the film. The Hunt for Red October opened in 1,225 theaters on March 2, 1990, grossing $ 17 million on its opening weekend, more than half its budget. The film opened at number one at the U.S. box office and remained there for three weeks. Its opening was the 20th biggest weekend of all time and

1400-526: The Americans correctly guessed his plan, accepts Mancuso's offer. Ramius then stages a nuclear reactor "emergency", ordering the sub to surface and his crew to abandon ship. After a U.S. frigate is spotted heading right for them, Ramius submerges, leaving his crew in life rafts. Ryan, Mancuso, and Jonesy board Red October via a rescue sub , at which point Ramius turns over his sub to the Americans and requests asylum for himself and his officers. Red October

1456-773: The Pacific Fleet-supported filming. The crew of the Houston called their month-long filming schedule the "Hunt for Red Ops." The Houston made more than 40 emergency surfacing "blows" for rehearsal and for the cameras. The filmmakers' first choice to portray Jack Ryan was Kevin Costner , who turned down the film in order to star in and direct Dances with Wolves . Harrison Ford was also approached to play Jack Ryan but turned it down; he would later replace Alec Baldwin as Ryan in Patriot Games . Baldwin

1512-555: The Soviet Typhoon-class submarine . A CIA analyst correctly deduces his motive and must prove his theory before a violent confrontation between the Soviet and the American navies spirals out of control. The film was a co-production between the motion picture studios Paramount Pictures , Mace Neufeld Productions, and Nina Saxon Film Design. Theatrically, it was commercially distributed by Paramount Pictures and by

1568-661: The U.S. Coast Guard and refitted as the Jonquil class of buoy tenders were after World War II. Two classes of purpose-built, rather than refitted mine planters, Coast Guard seagoing buoy tenders have been produced. The first was the 180 ft-class cutters, which were 180 feet (55 m) long. Thirty-nine of these vessels were built from 1942–1944. All but one were constructed in the shipyards of Duluth, Minnesota . The 180 fleet, many of which served for more than 50 years, all went through different mid-life modifications that essentially resulted in three different classes of ship. All of

1624-463: The beginning of the film stating that it takes place in 1984 during the Cold War. Tony Seiniger designed the film's poster and drew inspiration from Soviet poster art, using bold red, white and black graphics. According to him, the whole ad campaign was designed to have a "techno-suspense quality to it". The idea was to play up the thriller aspects and downplay the political elements. The film caused

1680-539: The biggest non-summer, non-Thanksgiving weekend to date. The film went on to gross $ 122,012,643 in North America with a worldwide total of $ 200,512,643. On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 76 reviews, with an average rating of 7.70/10. The site's consensus states: "Perfectly cast and packed with suspense, The Hunt for Red October is an old-fashioned submarine thriller with plenty of firepower to spare." On Metacritic , it has

1736-414: The book becoming a best seller, no Hollywood studio was interested because of its content. Neufeld said, "I read some of the reports from the other studios, and the story was too complicated to understand". After a year and a half he finally got a high-level executive at Paramount Pictures to read Clancy's novel and agree to develop it into a film. Screenwriters Larry Ferguson and Donald Stewart worked on

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1792-451: The cutter was reassigned to San Francisco from 1971-90, docked at Yerba Buena Island , and used for ATON. During July 1983 the crew replaced the destroyed Blunts Reef Large Navigational Beacon with a new Exposed Location Buoy. During the spring of 1989 the ship and its crew were used in the movie The Hunt for Red October to depict a Soviet icebreaker and its crew. The cutter was decommissioned at Curtis Bay, MD on 26 February 1993 and her crew

1848-786: The cutter was transferred to the Pacific and homeported at Honolulu , Hawaii, until 1967. She was used for ATON throughout the Pacific including American Samoa , the Marshalls , the Marianas, the Carolines, and the Philippines. On 11 October 1954 the cutter helped medevac a sailor from USS Kearsarge off Honolulu. Blackhaw operated off Alaska on Special Arctic Operation, including ice breaking. From 9-14 November 1957, she searched for Pan American Flight 944 off Hawaii. On 24 December 1957

1904-423: The early 1920s. These, after absorption into the U.S. Coast Guard, became that service's " Speedwell class": The ships were 172 feet (52.4 m) in length, 32 feet (9.8 m) beam with 11 feet 6 inches (3.5 m) draft displacing 1,130 tons. Early mine planters, at first termed "torpedo planters," had been modeled after USLHS vessels which had similar requirements for handling heavy loads alongside

1960-408: The film's technical achievement and Baldwin's convincing portrayal of Jack Ryan. Nick Schager, for Slant magazine's review, noted, " The Hunt for Red October is a thrilling edge-of-your-seat trifle that has admirably withstood the test of time". In contrast, Newsweek ' s David Ansen wrote, "But it's at the gut level that Red October disappoints. This smoother, impressively mounted machine

2016-460: The mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, after some delay, Tupolev also receives orders to intercept and destroy Red October . Due to an unknown saboteur's actions, Red October ' s caterpillar drive malfunctions during risky maneuvers through a narrow undersea canyon. Petty Officer Jones (Jonesy), a sonar technician aboard Dallas , discovers a way to detect Red October using his underwater acoustics software, and Dallas plots an intercept course. After

2072-491: The motion picture. Only towards the climax of the film, at the beginning of the scene in which the Soviet and American submariners meet, do some of the actors speak in Russian again. Filming in submarines was impractical. Instead, five soundstages on the Paramount backlot were used. Two 50-square-foot (4.6 m ) platforms housing mock-ups of Red October and Dallas were built, standing on hydraulic gimbals that simulated

2128-528: The navigation method of the Red October in the book six years earlier). Thought to be a billion dollar black project , the development of a full-tensor gravity gradiometer by Bell Aerospace was a classified technology at the time. It was thought to be deployed on only a few Ohio -class submarines after it was first developed in 1973. Bell Aerospace later sold the technology to Bell Geospace for oil exploration purposes. The last Typhoon-class submarine

2184-582: The planned explosion of Ethan Allen as a subterfuge. Some of the principal cast had previous military service which they drew on for their roles. Sean Connery had served in the Royal Navy , Scott Glenn in the United States Marine Corps , and James Earl Jones in the United States Army . Baldwin and Glenn spent time on a Los Angeles -class submarine. Baldwin was trained to drive an attack submarine. Some extras portraying

2240-627: The script that would present the Navy in a positive light. The Navy gave the filmmakers access to several Los Angeles -class submarines , allowing them to photograph unclassified sections of both Chicago and Portsmouth to use in set and prop design. Louisville was used for the scene in which Baldwin is dropped from a helicopter to the submarine. Key cast and crew members rode along in subs, including Alec Baldwin and Scott Glenn, who took an overnight trip aboard Salt Lake City commanded by then Commander Thomas B. Fargo . Glenn based his portrayal of Commander Bart Mancuso on Fargo. The film

2296-549: The second Soviet submarine, they believe that Ramius has sacrificed himself and scuttled Red October to avoid being boarded. Ryan and Ramius, their subterfuge complete, navigate Red October to the Penobscot River in Maine . Ramius admits that he defected because he believed Red October was intended for a preemptive nuclear first strike against the United States and was unwilling to support such an action. Ryan boards

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2352-625: The ship assisted FV Hawaiian Fisherman off Kahului, Hawaii and later, on 15 October 1958, did likewise for FV Flying Fish Victor 3. Following a fire onboard MV Nicoline Maersk, Blackhaw responded and escorted the vessel to Honolulu, HI from 23-24 November 1958. On 18 July 1959 Blackhaw relieved USCGC Dexter of tow of FV Cloud Nine and proceeded to Hawaii. Blackhaw was stationed at Sangley Point, Philippines and used to service ATON. From March 1968 through May 1971 performed numerous tours in Vietnamese waters servicing ATON. After returning from Vietnam

2408-453: The speed, communications, navigation and maneuverability of the new Juniper s. Today, the Juniper s conduct almost as much law enforcement as aid to navigation work; they are also outfitted to handle oil spill recovery, search and rescue, homeland security, and some ice breaking operations. The Juniper class uses Dynamic Positioning which allows maintenance of the vessel's position within

2464-479: The story before Gorbachev's coming to power, when the events of the book would have seemed more plausible. He arrived in L.A. on a Friday and was supposed to start filming on Monday but he requested a day to rehearse. Principal photography began on April 3, 1989 with a $ 30 million budget. The Navy lent the film crew the Houston , Enterprise , two frigates ( Wadsworth and Reuben James ), helicopters, and

2520-656: The sub's caterpillar drive is engaged. CIA analyst and former Marine Jack Ryan is based in London , but returns to Washington . After consulting with Vice Admiral Jim Greer , the Deputy Director of the CIA, Ryan briefs government officials on Red October and the threat it poses. Upon learning that the bulk of the Soviet Navy has been deployed to the Atlantic to find and sink the sub, they conclude that Ramius plans

2576-476: The sub's movements. Connery recalled, "It was very claustrophobic. There were 62 people in a very confined space, 45 feet (14 m) above the stage floor. It got very hot on the sets, and I'm also prone to sea sickness. The set would tilt to 45 degrees. Very disturbing." The veteran actor shot for four weeks and the rest of the production shot for additional months on location in Port Angeles, Washington and

2632-430: The tanker Bulkfuel which was disabled due to a casualty to main-engine fuel pump. The two cutters escorted the tanker to Jacksonville , Florida. From 7-9 September 1952, Blackhaw searched for survivors from MV Foundation Star . Two months later, 19-20 November 1952, the cutter discovered and recovered wreck of an F8F-2 aircraft. On 29 October 1953, the crew assisted vessel T N. Gill off Charleston. On 1 August 1954,

2688-466: The vessels so that mine planters were easily converted to buoy work. Built from 1942 to 1943 by Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia , these 188-foot (57 m) U.S Army mine planters were designed for diesel engines but low pressure steam plants were installed instead. Six of the vessels were transferred to the U.S. Navy as the Chimo class. Five vessels were later transferred to

2744-567: The water. By March 1990, just before the film's theatrical release, the Soviet Parliament removed the Communist Party from government, effectively ending the Cold War. Set during this period, there were concerns that with its end, the film would be irrelevant but Neufeld felt that it "never really represented a major problem". To compensate for the change in the Soviet Union's political climate, an on-screen crawl appears at

2800-785: The waters off Los Angeles. Scenes of a shipyard in Patuxent, Maryland were filmed at a submarine base in Point Loma, San Diego . Made before the extensive use of CGI became the norm in filmmaking, the film's opening sequence featured a long pull-out reveal of the immense titular Typhoon-class sub. It included a nearly full-scale, above-the-water-line mockup of the sub, constructed from two barges welded together. Each country's submarine had its own background color: Soviet submarines, such as Red October and V.K. Konovalov , had interiors in black with chrome trim. American ships, such as Dallas and Enterprise , had grey interiors. Early filming

2856-746: Was aboard the Reuben James in the area of the Juan de Fuca Strait and Puget Sound in March 1989. The ship operated out of U.S. Coast Guard Station Port Angeles. The SH-60B detachment from the Battlecats of HSL-43 operated out of NAS Whidbey Island , after being displaced by the film crew. Most underwater scenes were filmed using smoke with a model sub connected to 12 cables, giving precise, smooth control for turns. Computer effects, in their infancy, created bubbles and other effects such as particulates in

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2912-458: Was approached in December 1988, but was not told for what role. Klaus Maria Brandauer was cast as Soviet sub commander Marko Ramius but quit two weeks into filming due to a prior commitment. The producers faxed the script to Sean Connery, who at first declined because the script seemed implausible in portraying the Soviet Union as an ambitious naval power. He was missing the first page which set

2968-543: Was assigned to general aid to navigation ( ATON ) and icebreaking duties on the Great Lakes. Afterward she was assigned to the 6th Coast Guard District and homeported in Charleston, South Carolina , where she was used for general ATON duties. After the war, until 1 August 1954, Blackhaw continued to be stationed at Charleston, and used for ATON. On 19-20 December 1951, along with Koiner , Blackhaw assisted

3024-451: Was cross-decked to USCGC Buttonwood which was commissioned that same day. During the spring of 1989, the ship and her crew were used during the filming of The Hunt for Red October to depict a Soviet icebreaker and its crew. Iris-class buoy tender Six U.S. Army mine planters built 1917–1919 were transferred to the U.S. Light House Service during a reduction in the Army in

3080-429: Was officially laid down in 1986, under the name TK-210 , but according to sources was never finished and scrapped in 1990. The musical score of The Hunt for Red October was composed and conducted by Basil Poledouris . A soundtrack album composed of ten melodies was released on June 12, 1990. The album is missing some of the musical moments present in the film, including the scene where the crew of Red October sings

3136-556: Was released by MCA Records . The Hunt for Red October received mostly positive reviews from critics and was the sixth-highest-grossing domestic film of the year, generating $ 122 million in North America and more than $ 200 million worldwide in box office business. In November 1984, Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius is given command of Red October , a new Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarine with

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