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.

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

Joseph Gallison

Teru ShimadaSamada

George ShibataCaptain Shigetsu

Phil AdamsCrewman (uncredited)