The Wackiest Ship in the Army

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.

5.9

99 min

Cast

Jack Lemmon

as Rip Crandall

Ricky Nelson

as Tommy Hanson

John Lund

as Wilbur Vandewater

Chips Rafferty

as Patterson

Tom Tully

as Captain McClung

Joby Baker

as Josh Davidson

Warren Berlinger

as A.J. Sparks

Patricia Driscoll

as Maggie

Mike Kellin

as Jack MacCarthy

Richard Anderson

as Dennis Foster

Alvy Moore

as Johnson

Teru Shimada

as Samada

George Shibata

as Captain Shigetsu

Phil Adams

as Crewman (uncredited)

John Anderson

as Sailor (uncredited)

Tom Anthony

as Crewman (uncredited)

Nesdon Booth

as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)

Naaman Brown

as Cpl. Goroka (uncredited)

Lysa D'Anjou

as French guide (uncredited)

Fuji

as Japanese Sergeant (uncredited)

Clive Halliday

as Australian Major General (uncredited)

Gavin W. Harper

as Seaman (uncredited)

Dale Ishimoto

as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)

Roy Jenson

as Shark Bait - USS Echo Crewman (uncredited)

Richard Quine

as Narrator (uncredited)

Hudson Shotwell

as Adm. Hathaway (uncredited)

Sid Tomack

as Arthur, Bartender at Kangaroo Club (uncredited)

Richard Torrence

as Horse (uncredited)

Ron Veto

as Native (uncredited)

Russ Whiteman

as American Colonel (uncredited)

Director

Richard Murphy