
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 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)
Crew
Richard Murphy
Director, Screenplay
William Raynor
Screenstory
Herbert H. Margolis
Screenstory
Herbert Carlson
Story
Charles Nelson
Editor

Charles Lawton Jr.
Director of Photography
Sam Nelson
Assistant Director
Fred Kohlmar
Producer
Helen Hunt
Hairstylist
Ben Lane
Makeup Supervisor
George Cooper
Sound

George Duning
Original Music Composer
Louis Diage
Set Decoration
Charles J. Rice
Recording Supervision
Carl Anderson
Art Direction
Arthur Morton
Orchestrator
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