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Topic review - Trivia: USS Thresher and James Bond
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TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
In THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, Bond Villain Karl Stromberg hijacked three nuclear-powered submarines, including the USS Wayne, hull number 593. Art director Peter Lamont chose hull number 593 after he researched the numbers of operational US Navy submarines and found there was no operational 593 in 1976 when movie production began. However, after the movie premiered in 1977, a fan sent him a letter criticizing the Wayne's hull number 593 which belonged to the USS Thresher, the first Navy nuclear-powered submarine to be lost during deep-sea trials in 1963 killing all 129 men onboard. Lamont felt great remorse for his oversight.

The hijacked USS Wayne, a Royal Navy submarine and a Soviet submarine are in Bond Villain Karl Stromberg's Liparus supertanker.

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The hijacked submarine crews board the USS Wayne, hull number 593, to blast their way out of the Liparus.

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The USS Thresher, hull number 593, the first Navy nuclear-powered submarine to be lost during deep-sea trials in 1963 killing all 129 men onboard.

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