Talk:Harriman Nelson

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move. Haukur 13:19, 23 June 2006 (UTC) Admiral Harriman Nelson → Harriman Nelson … Rationale: Article by name and not by title. Can't do a regular move right now

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 * Support. Person articles (even about fictional characters) should be by name and not by title. knoodelhed 19:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Support, as per knoodelhed.--Aldux 20:54, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Jay32183 18:42, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

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I think there needs to be a separation between the movie version of Nelson and the TV version. By putting the two of them together it leads to confusion.


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defect in article's structure?
When I edit this article, even if I change only one word, the images of 2 of Nelson's decorations disappear. Therefore, I have not saved any of my edits.Wjwtk (talk) 22:40, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Admiral Zumwalt and Admiral Rickover
I removed the line about Admiral Elmo Zumwalt because he was only a Captain in 1964, and he was not a public figure until he was appointed Chief of Naval Operations in 1970. See Admiral Zumwalt's book, On Watch: A Memoir (1976, Quadrangle-The New York Times Book Co.). Admiral Hyman Rickover, "Father of the Nuclear Navy," is a more likely model for the Nelson of both the film and the series. His genius and temper were already legendary in 1960. But he was not a polymath like the Nelson of the series. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ftfrk61 (talk • contribs) 14:06, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

About the military and Nelson's salute
I don't think it's ever clearly explained in the series, but it is often implied that the ship itself and the crew are not in the US Navy, which is unbelievable since they seem to maintain a military organization and that the ship carries weapons, including nuclear missiles. The other very odd thing occurs in the episode "The Return of the Phantom" (Sn. 2, Ep. 26) when they have a burial at sea. Everyone salutes the traditional American way (with the palm facing down), but Nelson inexplicably salutes the British way, with the palm facing outward. I've never found out if this was a simple goof on Basehart's part, or if it was meant to imply something about his background. __209.179.0.121 (talk) 00:01, 7 December 2015 (UTC)