Shows like last ship

The Last Shipis an American action-drama television series, loosely based on the 1988 novel of the same name by William Brinkley. The series premiered on TNT on June 22, 2014 and concluded after five seasons on November 11, 2018.

After a global viral pandemic wipes out over 80% of the world's population, the crew (consisting of 218 people) of a lone unaffected U.S. NavyArleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the fictional USSNathan James(DDG-151), must try to find a cure, stop the virus, and save humanity.

In July 2012, TNT ordered a pilot episode for a potential series based on William Brinkley's novelThe Last Ship(1988). Hank Steinberg and Steven Kane wrote the pilot script, and Jonathan Mostow directed the pilot. It was filmed at a number of locations across San Diego including aboard USSHalseyand USSDewey, which stands in for the show's fictional USSNathan James, and the museum ship USSIowalocated in San Pedro.