The fictional ship in the movie is a composite of several World War II cruisers. 1. The USS Salt Lake City was known as the "Swayback Maru". The ship in the movie, and in the novel, was based on a ship known as "Old Swayback". 2. The USS San Francisco was the flagship of a squadron of ships in the famous naval battle of 11/12/42, in the Solomon Islands area. The fictional ship in the movie was also the flagship of a squadron of ships in an important naval battle. 3. The two ships mentioned above survived World War II. The fictional ship in the movie was sunk, so it could also be based on any US Navy cruiser that was sunk during the Solomon Islands campaign.

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