Movie"Bedford Incident" what ship

According to IMDb Movie Database -  http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0058962/ :

"Opening scenes are live action shots of a British-type destroyer with British markings. Model sequences show a US type destroyer."

Rick

I recall the ship being a Forrest Sherman class destroyer.

I haven't seen the movie in quite a while, but I can confirm that the shots in the beginning (when Sidney Poitier is being landed on board the ship from a helicopter) show a British ship.  It's clearly visible for only a few seconds, but I think it's a frigate or something of that sort - smaller than a destroyer.

The movie was made by a British company; I imagine most of the "on board" footage was shot on a sound stage.  I think some stock footage of American and/or British ships may also have crept in.  The distant shots of the Bedford pretty clearly were of a model.  My vague recollection is that it looked like a Charles F. Adams class destroyer, but I could well be mistaken about that.

I liked the movie - and I liked the book better.  I remember reading it in high school (which shows once again what an Olde Phogey I am) and being proud of myself for figuring out that it was a modernized retelling of Moby Dick.  (Looking back on it now, a reader would have to be downright obtuse to miss that.  The Sidney Poitier character survives the sinking of the Bedford, drifts around for a while on a raft, and eventually gets picked up by the Russian trawler, "which found only another orphan.")  As I recall, the movie makers changed the ending in several other significant ways; the former U-boat captain who was on board as a NATO advisor played a considerably bigger role in the book.  I imagine it's been out of print for decades, but it would be worth seeking out.

Wow, dating myself as well - I still have that book, somewhere, but for some reason never saw the movie. I just remember thinking at the time, that it was a pretty cool premise, being to young and foolish to realize that if it had really happened, none of us might be here today.

It's a neat movie to watch if only for the "mix" of big-name actors and soon-to-be-known actors in it.  The pace remains pretty taut, even against 'modern' moviemaking.  The book is likely better, but reasonably close, as that was back when they still tried to retain more than the cover and the liner notes, as seems to be today's practice . . .