Yes, the USS Growler rammed a gunboat on Feb 6, 1943 during a night surface attack when gunboat they were closing in on spotted them at close range and tried to ram them.The collision bent the Growler's bow (like in the movie) 18 fee to port , the CO was killed, along with another officer and man by point blank machine gun fire the raked the bridge.Gilmore ordered the XO to "Take her down" as he was wounded badly and could not get down the hatch in a timely manner.When they surfaced, Gilmore was gone.

Here is the Wiki, has a pic of the bent back bow, scroll down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Growler_%28SS-215%29

The amazing thing is that that boat made war patrols afterwards. :o

I didn't see the movie I was looking for. I saw a Japanese movie (at least the characters were japanese). when I was a kid, about a submarine crew that ends up trapped with the sub lying on the bottom. I only remember the last scene. One end is sticking up above the surface and the few surviviors are being helped out through a torpedo tube. One or two manage to get out, but then the vessel shifts and and water starts pouring in, and you realize the remaining men are doomed. Even as a little kid, I thought it was very sad.

Anybody ever see this one?