The earliest documented telecast of this film occurred Monday 21 February 1944 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1). Post-WWII television viewers in New York City got their first look at it Friday 22 October 1948 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Los Angeles four days later Tuesday 26 October 1948 on KTLA (Channel 5), in Chicago Friday 28 January 1949 on WBKB (Channel 4), and in Cincinnati Monday 11 July 1949 on WKRC (Channel 11).
Shuttle boats announced for transport to the Arizona, California, and Tennessee were among the battleships sunk later at Pearl Harbor. The other named battleships were either deployed to the Atlantic Fleet, remained on the Pacific coast or in dry-dock before the Japanese attacks. In the USN battleships are named after States.
Son of the Navy (1940) is based on a CBS radio network Silver Theatre play-let by True Boardman and Grover Jones (broadcast undetermined).
Son of the Navy (1940) contains actual footage of the U.S. Navy fleet in San Pedro and San Francisco.