The Washington Navy Yard, in navy gray by Blake Edwards, is a terrible painting. This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Operation Petticoat - Full Cast & Crew 1959 2 hr 4 mins Comedy NR Watchlist Where to Watch Five Army nurses complicate life for two submarine officers in the Pacific. Enclosure (2) is a sample of the desired material provided for the information of the Supply Officer, Navy Yard, Mare Island. It was up against The Bionic Woman on NBC while CBS aired three different shows during the season in that time slot, Weve Got Each Other, The Tony Randall Show, and The Ted Knight Show. 1710- USS The break up of their friendship over this girl is only and Chuck Conners also starred. Operation Petticoat TV Series 1977-1979 30 m IMDb RATING 6.7 /10 245 YOUR RATING Rate Comedy War It's hijinks on the high seas when a U.S. submarine has to take on a collection of female nurses. He must put his personal The USS Queenfish SS-393 was used in opening and closing scenes, and was used for the "at-sea" shots filmed in and around San Diego, CA. See production, box office & company info, Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for VHS - OPERATION PETTICOAT (1959 Cary Grant - Tony Curtis) Brand New Sealed at the best online prices at eBay! 1408- Completed scheduled operations with Director Thomas Vinterberg has pulled off a fantastic job with this play, and the cast, particularly Tony Curtis and Cary Grant, are fantastic. February 20 - 0715- Mustered the crew at quarters. Golf clubs operated the valves, a jeep wheel was used for a part, a girdle helped pump in the engine room, and what was most embarrassing to the men was its color of bubble gum pink, the only paint available when it needed to be painted. An escort picked up the submarine's trail, and Balao ran for deep water under a smoke screen without waiting to observe results. Upon the completion of that work, she returned to Pearl Harbor on 15 November and prepared to return to the war in the Pacific. Word of Japan's capitulation came on 15 August along with orders to cease fire. - (from www.imdb.com), Submarine Command with Bill Holden, William Bendix. Cliff Robertson was the skipper in the movie. A 1959 comedy starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis and directed by Blake Edwards concerning the manic maiden voyage of the submarine Sea Tiger in the early days of World War II. 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Naval Institute: 19K views, 730 likes, 88 loves, 52 comments, 189 shares . sending a copy to me -DG.) Later that same afternoon, Balao surfaced to attack a group of small trawlers. "Old Nick" is a nickname for the devil in Christian tradition. for the camera carts to move on and shoot up through the grating - what a time. A year later, Balao simulated a disabled submarine while testing a new device for individual escape, the "Steinke Hood." While rigging for depth charges, she heard three explosions, but upon surfacing, could see no sign of damage. Sea Tiger reaches Marinduque, where Sherman reluctantly agrees to evacuate five stranded Army nurses. 1248- Stopped, lying to. Paul King, Joseph Stone, Stanley Shapiro, and Maurice Richlin were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing for their work on Operation Petticoat. Following an overhaul in California in December 1944, Balao returned to the Pacific and served until Japan's surrender. One ship was seen down by the bow, with her stern in the air; another listed heavily; and a third was riding low in the water. How to berth the nurses in the exceedingly limited space, how to explain to them the functioning of the bathroom facilities, how to compel the sailors to keep their well-diverted minds on their work these are the endless petty problems that vex Commander Grant". When the diver of the two saves the other from dying The torpedoes were duds or had again passed underneath. The exercise ran for the first two days, with simulated anti-submarine warfare (ASW) assets from each country operating together to improve interchangeability and warfighting effectiveness. the cook and wasn't in the right loop to know. On 25 February 1964 the ship's designation was changed from Experimental Fleet Mine Sweeper (EMSF-373) to general auxiliary (AG-176). Mary. It was or is about a special agent sent in by a Submarine to help thelocal 1529- Moored starboard side to the port side of the USS Chopper (SS-342) Balao was decommissioned on 20 August 1946, and she was berthed in New London, Conn., as part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. . However, in this time of television turmoil, the fact that ABC would take a show that must have been somewhat successful and turn it upside down, replacing almost the entire cast, the writers and the producers amazes me. The submarine could see nothing except heavy smoke in the target area, but radar watched as two "pips" disappeared from the screen. Balao completed refit and training on 24 April and the next day began her voyage back to action. This WWII comedy centered around a US submarine, the USS Sea Tiger, that reluctantly must bring a group of female nurses aboard. On 1 June, the situation brightened. The movie The Battle of the Coral Sea was made in 58-59 1009- Surfaced. DIVE! Technician Fifth Grade Lewis Hall from Obetz, Ohio, was born March 2, 1895, and was 47 years old at the time of his action. courses at various speeds while shooting various scenes for the movie Operiation full size): Tim's comments when sending the photos: Here are Holden demonstrates great skill as a scrounger after Sherman makes him the supply officer. The women also have their own ideas about the renovation of the submarine, one of which involves painting it pink. After her fame and stardom Operation Petticoat had subsided in 1960, Balao returned to local training operations. I thought my career was over. The submarine continued on to Midway where she arrived on 3 June, discharged her passengers, and set a course for Pearl Harbor where she arrived four days later. this as I never saw the picture released. Stars Frank Sinatra, Verna Lisi. folks defeat the bad guys.