Story :Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't know a jib from a jigger. What none of them knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese fleet. Their mission will save hundreds of allied lives – if only they can get there in one piece.
Cast
Jack LemmonRip Crandall
Ricky NelsonTommy Hanson
John LundWilbur Vandewater
Chips RaffertyPatterson
Tom TullyCaptain McClung
Joby BakerJosh Davidson
Warren BerlingerA.J. Sparks
Patricia DriscollMaggie
Mike KellinJack MacCarthy
Richard AndersonDennis Foster
Alvy MooreJohnson
Teru ShimadaSamada
George ShibataCaptain Shigetsu
Phil AdamsCrewman (uncredited)
John AndersonSailor (uncredited)
Tom AnthonyCrewman (uncredited)
Nesdon BoothChief Petty Officer (uncredited)
Naaman BrownCpl. Goroka (uncredited)
Lysa D'AnjouFrench guide (uncredited)
FujiJapanese Sergeant (uncredited)
Clive HallidayAustralian Major General (uncredited)
Gavin W. HarperSeaman (uncredited)
Dale IshimotoJapanese Pilot (uncredited)
Roy JensonShark Bait - USS Echo Crewman (uncredited)
Richard QuineNarrator (uncredited)
Hudson ShotwellAdm. Hathaway (uncredited)
Sid TomackArthur, Bartender at Kangaroo Club (uncredited)