An Inspiration For The Coast Guard's KV Captain?

We have a KV Colonel and a couple of KV Captain's. One of them is a Captain in the Coast Guard. He finally made it back to this year's reunion. Those who remember him from an early age recall his declaration that he wanted to be an oceanographer. Who knew from being an oceanographer in 1960? Maybe this show was an inspiration? The episode is entitled The Shipwreck and it's from Season 1, Episode 30 from 1958. A guest star was Leonard Nimoy