The Wackiest Ship in the Army

You'll crack your timbers when you see how the Navy sticks the Army sad sacks with the crumbiest ship afloat!

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.

Comedy War

Jack Lemmon

(Rip Crandall)

Ricky Nelson

(Tommy Hanson)

John Lund

(Wilbur Vandewater)

Chips Rafferty

(Patterson)

Tom Tully

(Captain McClung)

Joby Baker

(Josh Davidson)

Warren Berlinger

(A.J. Sparks)

Patricia Driscoll

(Maggie)

Mike Kellin

(Jack MacCarthy)

Richard Anderson

(Dennis Foster)

Alvy Moore

(Johnson)

Teru Shimada

(Samada)

George Shibata

(Captain Shigetsu)

Phil Adams

(Crewman (uncredited))

John Anderson

(Sailor (uncredited))

Tom Anthony

(Crewman (uncredited))

Nesdon Booth

(Chief Petty Officer (uncredited))

Naaman Brown

(Cpl. Goroka (uncredited))

Lysa D'Anjou

(French guide (uncredited))

Fuji

(Japanese Sergeant (uncredited))

Clive Halliday

(Australian Major General (uncredited))

Gavin W. Harper

(Seaman (uncredited))

Dale Ishimoto

(Japanese Pilot (uncredited))

Roy Jenson

(Shark Bait - USS Echo Crewman (uncredited))

Richard Quine

(Narrator (uncredited))

Hudson Shotwell

(Adm. Hathaway (uncredited))

Sid Tomack

(Arthur, Bartender at Kangaroo Club (uncredited))

Richard Torrence

(Horse (uncredited))

Ron Veto

(Native (uncredited))

Russ Whiteman

(American Colonel (uncredited))