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.
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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)
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