Hi shipmates,
Anybody know anything about that cool russian ship in the jamie lee movie "Virus.
Bristling with Satellite dishes it looks a great Scratchbuild project. Long time since I have seen the movie and I cannot remember the name of the craft.
Why Jim,
That was nothing but a Soviet fishing trawler. Antenna? You are mistaken, those were just for television reception! Fishing is all those were for.
Having seen several “fishing trawlers” while escourting SSBN’s I can assure you there is nothing interesting about them.
Don
If that is the movie I think it was, the filmakers used a US Navy communications ship. It was anchored in the James River just of I-664 in Newport News, VA for the longest time; I used to see it everytime I used the Monitor/Merrimac Bridge Tunnel. It still had a lot of “weathering” evident on it. I haven’t been in that area for a number of years, so I do not know what happened to it or what the name was. Someone at the Newport News Shipyard could probably clue you in though. Good luck.