F9F Panther jets from US Navy squadron VF-192 were also used to film The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954). After the filming of these two movies, the squadron name was changed from "Golden Dragons" to "World Famous Golden Dragons".
After Van Johnson brings in a blind pilot and lands safely on the carrier, he mutters "I should have found a home in the Army". In Battleground (1949), he mutters "I found a home in the Army".
According to contemporary articles in The Hollywood Reporter, this film was shot aboard two World War II-era carriers: the U.S.S. Oriskany (CV-34) in the Pacific ocean off San Francisco, and the U.S.S. Princeton (CV-37) at San Diego. However, the real carrier that was and is nicknamed "The Fighting Lady" is the U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-10) - since 1975 a museum ship at Charleston, South Carolina. At the time of this film, the Yorktown had been mothballed at Bremerton, Washington. See the WWII documentary of the ship: The Fighting Lady (1944).
According to a contemporary article in The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount agreed to delay the release of The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), another Korean War story also written by James A. Michener so as not to compete with this film.
The destroyer seen during the opening credits is the U.S.S. Colahan (DD-658), one of 175 Fletcher-class destroyers built from 1941 to 1945. Comissioned in 1943, the ship served in World War II (8 battle stars), Korea (5 battle stars) and Vietnam. She was decommissioned in 1966 and sank as a target that same year off California.