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Gray Lady Down is a little-regarded 1978 disaster movie. Despite its obscurity, it is memorable for a few reasons: 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
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Plot
The plot is typical of the disaster-movie format. An aging, respected leader is on his final submarine tour before his retirement. The ship runs into a fishing trawler. It sinks to ocean floor with appropriate amount of carnage. The sub is perched on the edge of a precipice, at an angle that does not allow the rescue submarine to complete its work. USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ...
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A small submersible arrives on scene. This small submarine is very capable, but run by a nonconformist misfit. The submersible is the only hope for a rescue. The submersible pulls off a miraculous rescue, with an appropriate amount of additional carnage. A submersible is another name for a submarine, and is the normal term for civilian and non-combatant military designs, particularly midget submarines. ...
A nonconformist is an English or Welsh Protestant of any non-Anglican denomination, chiefly advocating religious liberty. ...
Note that women are essentially absent from this movie (as they were from the 1970s seagoing Navy.) This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...
U.S. Navy supercarrier USS Nimitz on November 3, 2003. ...
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