# Best ships in the movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Scuttlebutt\ **Created:** [June 10, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706 "2009-06-10T13:44:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/1 "2009-06-10T13:44:37Z")
My hands down vote is for: ![](http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~slowbell/movie_usns_t-akl_25.jpg) USS RELUCTANT (aka…the Bucket) from [Mr. Roberts](https://www.amazon.com/Mister-Roberts-Henry-Fonda/dp/B000FZETR0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=gcaptaincom-20) circa 1955 [![Unknown](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/d/d577ff30153e630070f1ca9d515e1db7d7fad615.jpeg)](https://www.amazon.com/Mister-Roberts-Henry-Fonda/dp/B000FZETR0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=gcaptaincom-20) ---
**Author:** ![Jemplayer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jemplayer/32/523_2.png) [@Jemplayer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jemplayer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/2 "2009-06-10T13:50:36Z")
![](http://www.pearl-harbor.com/missouri/images/uss_missouri.jpg) The USS Missouri in [Under Siege](https://www.amazon.com/Under-Siege-Steven-Seagal/dp/B001EBV0IK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=gcaptaincom-20). [![AC_US436_QL65](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/5/541792b8b72f745c2e454492d8502cad34e0a66a.jpg)](https://www.amazon.com/Under-Siege-Steven-Seagal/dp/B001EBV0IK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=gcaptaincom-20) ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_100-ton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@Mr\_100-ton](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Mr_100-ton)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/3 "2009-06-10T14:14:32Z")
The Tall Ship Gazela, > **[Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild: Join our crew!](http://philashipguild.org)** > > Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild operates the 1901 tall sailing ship Gazela, 1902 steel tugboat Jupiter, and barge Poplar with an all-volunteer crew. Movie [Interview With A Vampire](https://www.amazon.com/Interview-Vampire-Chronicles-Tom-Cruise/dp/B003DDKAT2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=gcaptaincom-20), a dramatic feature film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. 1994. ---
**Author:** ![seadawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@seadawg](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/seadawg)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/4 "2009-06-10T14:52:00Z")
[SINK THE BISMARCK!](https://www.amazon.com/Sink-Bismarck-Kenneth-More/dp/B00008AOTR/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=gcaptaincom-20) (1960) ![](http://gcaptain.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=53&stc=1&d=1244670425) guess she finally sunk? [![Unknown](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/6/60bfcdbae546267afa0d5e458e9afd4e7e803f40.jpeg)](https://www.amazon.com/Sink-Bismarck-Kenneth-More/dp/B00008AOTR/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=gcaptaincom-20) ---
**Author:** ![john](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/john/32/5_2.png) [@john](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/john)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/5 "2009-06-10T15:21:24Z")
Ok, I’m a little biased but… ![](http://www.aktanker.com/MarineColumbia.jpg) [King Kong](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B8I9YK?tag=gcaptaincom-20) 1978 version with [The Dude](http://gcaptain.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1785&highlight=dude)! ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/6 "2009-06-10T18:02:37Z")
I’m totally bummed because in my Google searches for other cool movie vessels I have ended up with squat! Here is a list of movies that have some great old steamships highlighted in them: [The Sea Chase with John Wayne](https://www.amazon.com/Blu-ray-Turner-Bettger-Richard-Davalos/dp/B0731Z4KJ5/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=gcaptaincom-20) [Papillon](http://amzn.to/2jcn0zc) with Steve McQueen [Passage to Marsailles](http://amzn.to/2zvgXfi) with Humphrey Bogart [Krakatoa East of Java](http://amzn.to/2ymhqwY) with Maximillian Schell [The Decks Ran Red](http://amzn.to/2yLlvyI) with James Mason I’m sure I’ll remember a few more soon but if anyone here has seen any of the above films you’ll know the ships I am thinking of. Old steamers with lots of booms! ---
**Author:** ![mike173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@mike173](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/mike173)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/7 "2009-06-10T19:46:35Z")
I with you c.captain. John Wayne’s ship in [The Sea Chase](https://www.amazon.com/Blu-ray-Turner-Bettger-Richard-Davalos/dp/B0731Z4KJ5/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=gcaptaincom-20) was the Ergenstrasse. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Fran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Capt\_Fran](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Fran)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/8 "2009-06-10T20:47:19Z")
John Wayne stream of consciousness: John Wayne in “[In Harm’s Way](http://amzn.to/2hWAhZd)” - all kinds of cool navy ships. (Can’t help it - I was a Navy brat.) I’m a bit biased, too, because when I was a kid we lived in the house on Ford Island (middle of Pearl Harbor) that John Wayne’s character lived in! ---
**Author:** ![mike173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@mike173](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/mike173)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/9 "2009-06-11T00:09:40Z")
Capt. Fran…awesome. ---
**Author:** ![kzoo\_pilot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kzoo_pilot/32/1600_2.png) [@kzoo\_pilot](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/kzoo_pilot)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/10 "2009-06-30T02:52:02Z")
USS Belinda (APA 16) in "[Away All Boats](http://amzn.to/2yl31kv)" The book was great and the movie was a fair approximation. HMS Compass Rose in "[The Cruel Sea](http://amzn.to/2hnTUMR)" Again, the book was excellent and the movie (filmed on a former RN corvette) did a decent job of condensing a moving and honest portrayal of the Battle of the North Atlantic to the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Moguldan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/moguldan/32/18759_2.png) [@Moguldan](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Moguldan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/11 "2009-06-30T15:50:56Z")
[FONT=Calibri]USS [I]San Pablo from the movie Sand Pebbles.[/I]\\ [I]Not so much the boat itself but for the engines. The Chinese coolie Po-ans training will probably ring true to any engineer too.[/I]\\ [I]Strong Steam V.S. Sleepy Steam[/I][/FONT] ---
**Author:** ![Moguldan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/moguldan/32/18759_2.png) [@Moguldan](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Moguldan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/12 "2009-06-30T15:54:27Z")
[FONT=Calibri]Ok so where did that smiley face come from in my post I didn’t put that in there. It is the second time that’s happened. First time I deleted it now I just want to know how to prevent it.[/FONT]\\ ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Anonymous](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_anonymous/32/1579_2.png) [@Capt\_Anonymous](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/13 "2009-06-30T16:01:15Z")
![](http://www.perunamaa.net/donrosa/images/african_queen.jpg) [The African Queen](http://amzn.to/2yn4bf6)!! ---
**Author:** ![dougpine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dougpine/32/7653_2.png) [@dougpine](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dougpine)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/14 "2009-06-30T16:04:28Z")
> [@Moguldan;14771](#): > > [FONT=Calibri]Ok so where did that smiley face come from in my post I didn’t put that in there. It is the second time that’s happened. First time I deleted it now I just want to know how to prevent it.[/FONT]\\ I don’t know but I fixed 'em for you. ---
**Author:** ![seadawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@seadawg](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/seadawg)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/15 "2009-06-30T17:56:27Z")
this started it all for me! [Steamboat Willie](http://amzn.to/2iHnBoq) (1928) ---
**Author:** ![Shellback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shellback](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Shellback)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/16 "2009-06-30T19:02:33Z")
The HMS Bounty…What a beautiful ship… [ATTACH]68[/ATTACH] ---
**Author:** ![seadawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@seadawg](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/seadawg)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/17 "2009-06-30T19:07:40Z")
this is a strange ride! [![SX522](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/a/ae260585599ff7d950b23907c869737989dc891f.jpg)](http://amzn.to/2yli0uy) [Lifeboat 1944](http://amzn.to/2yli0uy) ---
**Author:** ![CampbellsChunkySoupr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@CampbellsChunkySoupr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/CampbellsChunkySoupr)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/18 "2009-06-30T19:26:20Z")
[B]Ship: [/B]Eye of the Wind [Albatross][B] Move: [/B]White Squall[B] ![](http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/atoz/TallShip/EyeofWind.jpg) Ship:[/B] Vandenberg [B]Movie:[/B] Virus ![](http://media.hamptonroads.com/cache/files/images/198571.jpg) [B]Movie: [/B]Cast Away ![](http://www.vangestel.com/timeline/2000s/2004/honeymoon/castaway.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TJ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TJ1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/TJ1)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/19 "2009-06-30T23:58:52Z")
the “ORCA”…Quints boat from [Jaws](http://amzn.to/2yliiSa) ---
**Author:** ![studbuzzar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@studbuzzar](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/studbuzzar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706/20 "2009-07-01T18:36:33Z")
Steve McQueen in “[Sand Pebbles Movie](https://www.amazon.com/Sand-Pebbles-Blu-ray-Steve-McQueen/dp/B00158K0UQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=gcaptaincom-20)” [![51qtp3Cq79L](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/8/845cc476572fbbc62543a36685a0fd3d46765722.jpg)!](https://www.amazon.com/Sand-Pebbles-Blu-ray-Steve-McQueen/dp/B00158K0UQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=gcaptaincom-20) [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/best-ships-in-the-movies/1706.md?page=2)