{"id":32003,"date":"2017-12-08T19:15:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T19:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/08\/navy-sub-in-hunt-for-red-october-retires\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:27:33","slug":"navy-sub-in-hunt-for-red-october-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/12\/08\/navy-sub-in-hunt-for-red-october-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"The underwater superstar of \u2018Hunt for Red October\u2019 has retired"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“The Hunt for Red October” is the 1990 blockbuster based on Tom Clancy’s bestselling novel of the same name.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

The star of the classic 1990 thriller film, \u201cHunt for Red October,\u201d has retired, according to a Navy release<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, not Sean Connery, the Soviet-with-an-inexplicable-Scottish-accent boat commander, but the Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine Dallas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dallas was honored during an inactivation ceremony Dec. 5 at Naval Base Kitsap after 36 years of service, and will soon be decommissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Dallas was prominently featured in both the Tom Clancy novel and the blockbuster movie bearing the book\u2019s name, it was the submarine Houston that represented Dallas during exterior shots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scenes depicting submarine interiors, meanwhile, were filmed using an elaborate hydraulic motion set that could mimic the depth changes and turns of a submarine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen commissioned on July 18, 1981, Dallas was hailed as the cutting edge of the nation\u2019s defense system,\u201d said Capt. Robert Jezek, representative for Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor all these years Dallas carried out missions vital to national security, deployed 14 times, steamed [more than] one million miles, visited [more than] 30 countries, starred in one blockbuster movie, and has been considered home for hundreds of Sailors over the years, some of which are in the audience today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dallas wrapped up its final deployment on Nov. 22, 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sean Connery and Alex Baldwin on the set of THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. pic.twitter.com\/OxrTtnzBLi<\/a><\/p>— David Bober (@mrdavidboberesq) March 2, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>