Pretty Standard Fare

As a navy veteran I thought this movie was on the sappy side although it did have some good ship and aircraft scenes. The personal relationships between the admiral, his wife and his shipmates/superiors was a bit unrealistic.

Things don't happen in the navy on the spur of the moment so events like the transfer of command on the carrier would have been planned well in advance.

If the major intent of the movie was to show that Hoskins (a) overcame his loss of his leg and (b) showed the navy that jets on carriers was practical they were successful on the first and not so much on the second.

This movie was made in 1955 and purported to span the time period 1944 through 1950 yet the women's hair and clothing styles were only of the 50's and did not represent WWII wartime fashions.

And, as usual, Sterling Hayden's acting is typically wooden, even for a navy officer.