KECW is on a wooden plaque in the wardroom with wooden door. This is the call sign of SS Lane Victory, built in 1945 which is a museum ship in San Diego.
Tom Sizemore had less than 5 mins of total screen time in a movie where he is the top cast.
The radioman "Wilco" is a term used by radio operators that means "will comply."
At 11:56 the flag on this American warship is not the current stars and bars. Rather the white and red stripes are present without the white on blue field of stars. This flag also shows a snake and the phrase "Don't tread on me" from the highly controversial Gadsen flag with its overtones of racism and slavery.