Greyhound

When you need a break while you are making scale model ships, it’s a good idea to pour yourself a drink and watch a movie. And a choice of your interest would be even better. We try to make a list of movies about ships maritime here.

Everyone has a companion in mind to start a voyage with. If it is Tom Hanks, you better get prepared for trouble. He was on Apollo 13, he was stuck in the Terminal, his plane crashed on Castaway and he had to survive on a deserted island, his ship was hijacked on Captain Phillips, his aircraft had birdstrike and he had to ditch in the Hudson river on Sully and now he has to escort a merchant ship convoy crossing Atlantic on his new movie “Greyhound”.

The movie Grayhound takes the story from the novel “The Good Shepherd” by C. S. Forester. After US enterst the world war 2, navy commander Captain Krause has a duty of escorting a fleet of merchant ships to England. Atlantic ocean is full of German u-boat submarines attacking as wolfpacks to cut the aids to England. Captain Krause has to protect his ship and whole fleet from u-boats, and it’s his first crossing. Imdb ranking is 7.1. Check the trailer below.

The name of the ship in the movie is USS Keeling with raido callsign greyhound. but the ship is fictional. USS Kidd, a fletcher class destroyer welcomed the movie crew onboard for shootings. You can actually learn more about USS Kidd from this video

Enjoy watching folks…