USS Blueback (SS-581) - Popular Culture

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Blueback appeared in the episode "Samurai" of the 1970s television series Hawaii Five-O.

Blueback also appeared in the 1990 movie The Hunt for Red October, although she did not perform the famous stunt of "jumping" out of the water during an emergency surfacing procedure seen in the film. A film crew was allowed on board to film a torpedo room scene and some of her crew were paid $50 (USD) each to have their hair cut and to put on Soviet Navy uniforms for the scene, but the scene was not included in the film.

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