is the movie 'the hunt for red october" a true story?

Answer 1

It is based on a true incident, tho much of the "story" is fabricated as stated below.
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The Hunt for Red October was inspired by a real incident. On November 8, 1975, the Soviet Navy frigate Storozhevoy mutinied. At the time, the Western powers believed it was an attempt to defect from Latvia to the Swedish island of Gotland. The mutiny was led by the ship's Political Officer, Captain Valery Sablin. The mutiny was unsuccessful, and Sablin was captured, court-martialed and executed. The novel was originally published by the U.S. Naval Institute Press—the first fictional work they ever published, and still their most successful.

Answer 2

The Novel "The Hunt of Red October" is totally Fiction. However:
in the mid 70's a Soviet Ships company tried to defect and headed for Fijords in Scandinavia to await political asylum in the West. That incident maybe the inspiration for the novel.

Answer 3

No !!