In an ironic twist, the engineering officer, played by the ship's real-life commander Walter R. Smith, is seen reading a "Little Orphan Annie" comic while, in the same scene, an enlisted sailor is reading Edward Gibbon's classic "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."
The Enemy Below
The American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes commanded by Robert Mitchum, detects a German U-Boat, commanded by Curt Jürgens, resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.
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