Speaking of the S.S. Minnow, I just read an article claiming that Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of Gilligan's island, named the wrecked ship the Minnow as an insult to then FCC chair Newton N. Minow.
I wonder what the name of the FCC chief was in the alternate timeline?
Gilligan's Island's S.S. Minnow was named as an insult to the chair of the FCC