This suspicion is later confirmed when they discover the Japanese fleet on its way for the imminent attack! Captain Yelland and the crew slowly start to suspect that the vortex somehow brought them back in time, to before Pearl Harbor was destroyed. Arizona… which, of course, should be impossible. The reconnaissance plane returns with freshly taken photos of Pearl Harbor and what looks like an intact battleship fleet, including the U.S.S. Scott and her dog in the rescue helicopter! One of the Japanese pilots is also brought onboard! You might recognize Soon-Tek Oh from Good Guys Wear Black and The Man With The Golden Gun, in that role! They are Senator Chapman, played by the great Charles Durning ( Tootsie, Sharky’s Machine, The Best Little Whore House In Texas), his assistant Laurel Scott (Katharine Ross from The Graduate and The Swarm) and her dog. Nimitz sends a helicopter to pick up the survivors. The F-14’s shoot them down, but the damage has already been done and the yacht is sinking, so the U.S.S.

The F-14’s come across a small private yacht, which is suddenly attacked by two old Japanese fighter planes. Captain Yelland sends out a reconnaissance plane and a couple of F-14 Tomcats, to find out what the hell’s going on. The carrier also starts receiving old radio shows and broadcasts, which of course confuses the crew a little. On the other side all is calm and clear, and everything seems to be ok… except for the fact that they have apparently lost radio contact with everybody.

Out at sea, the aircraft carrier encounter a freak storm which they can’t steer clear of it looks like some sort of weird vortex and the ship pass through it.

Movie aircraft carrier back in time