It was up against The Bionic Woman on NBC while CBS aired three different shows during the season in that time slot, Weve Got Each Other, The Tony Randall Show, and The Ted Knight Show. Tony Curtis served on the USS C-4, a C-class submarine. A number of the crew are dressed as German sailors and worked The convoy changed course and pulled away from the submarine before she could close for attack. Please note this figure is rentals accruing to film distributors, not total money earned at the box office. As noted above, the fictional Sea Tiger is played by three different Balao-class submarines. Anyway, they were shooting a movie This WWII comedy centered around a US submarine, the USS Sea Tiger, that reluctantly must bring a group of female nurses aboard. Mary. to berths 5 and 6, North Quay Wall, US Naval Station, Key West, Florida. New National Museum of the U.S. Navy-October 2020, New National Museum of the U.S. Navy - October 2022, Exhibits: New National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Exhibits: New National Museum of the U.S. Navy - Main, The American Revolution and the French Alliance, The Forgotten Wars of the Nineteenth Century, Civil War: Securing the Seas for Union Victory, Education Resources (Lesson Plans and Class Activities), Education Resources (Lesson Plans and Class Activities) - Main, Sailor's Life at Sea & Poetry (Grades 4-6), DIVE! 1710- USS aboard the USS Balao in Key west. After topping off fuel, water, and provisions on 17 December, they got underway to patrol the Yellow Sea in a coordinated attack group. The question was never answered in either situation: if the requested substance could not be identified, what was Mare Island using instead? The warships were long gone at their high speed. The thought of the balao can be seen at the US Naval Base in Key West. The request was the original from July 1941 and was stamped cancelled-cannot identify. Coe wrote a response that is famous within the navy today. All four fish passed under their targets. In real life. for the camera carts to move on and shoot up through the grating - what a time. Submerged.1209- Surfaced. (and thanks to Ric Hedman for At the end of a brief refit alongside submarine tender Fulton, Balao got underway on 25 July to begin her first war patrol. Later that evening, although the radar scope was clear and no other submarines were known to be in the vicinity, Balao was suddenly attacked by torpedoes. It was one of those super hero James Bond type movies. Key Wests former US Naval Base was allowed to remain. What is the English language plot outline for Operation Petticoat (1977)? (5,572) 7.2 2h 1959 13+. Operation Petticoat was adapted as an ABC-TV series which ran from September 17, 1977 to August 10, 1979. Operation Petticoat is a 1959 American World War II submarine comedy film in Eastmancolor from Universal-International, produced by Robert Arthur, directed by Blake Edwards, that stars Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. It was supposed to be a one-hour series. They actually did paint a submarine pink. /*--> the true stories of the USS Angler (SS-240) and Growler (SS-215). The film is based on Robert Moores best-selling book and follows the crew as they attempt to return to port after a routine patrol goes wrong. The submarine returned to Key West on 22 March. In a recent interview in The New Yorker, Jamie Lee Curtis Has Never Worked Hard a Day in Her Life by Rachel Syme (December 1, 2019), Jamie discussed her time on Operation Petticoat. Balao began her eighth war patrol on 27 February as part of another attack group along with Tench (like Balao, also the lead ship of a submarine class), Guardfish, and Sea Devil on patrol in the East China and Yellow Seas. Not a word you hear every day I guess. She was able to sink one picket boat and damage another with gunfire on 14 August. Balao lost contact with the convoy and failed in her attempts to reach Silversides to exchange information. Plot . II, when, as an exec, he saved his boat by crash diving while the captain was on Unable to obtain needed supplies from official sources, Sherman allows Holden to set up a casino in order to acquire them from the Army soldiers. A bus parked on it was blown up and thrown into the water by the explosion. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . 1 especially is a problem, constantly backfiring and belching black smoke. four shots of the making of Ice Station Zebra aboard the Ronquil USS ARCHERFISH (SS-311), used for interior and exterior shots around Key West, was allowed to retain her black paint. Does anyone know the name of the actual submarine used in the 1959 movie "Operation Petticoat"? The Commanding Officer, USS Skipjackcannot help but wonder what is being used in Mare Island in place of this unidentifiable material, once well known to this command. (SS-285) moored alongside to port. Sea Tiger"; originally shot in 1945, it's presented in black and white with occasional text descriptions in lieu of voice-over narration. The escorts drove Balao off, and on 7 January, she was ordered back to Brisbane, still without a confirmed kill under her belt. She got underway again on the following morning, bound for Pearl Harbor where she arrived for refit on 19 March. In 1957, the film Operation Petticoat was released, starring Cary Grant as a submarine commander who is forced to take on a group of female nurses as passengers after his submarine is damaged. The submarine continued on to Midway where she arrived on 3 June, discharged her passengers, and set a course for Pearl Harbor where she arrived four days later. Razorback was used for the early Radar and lookouts failed to locate the merchantman, so Balao returned to patrol the shipping lanes after a very successful attack. The weather impeded her efforts to close the convoy, but also offered protection when a rain squall covered Balao while she fired six torpedoes. The sail of the USS Balao is currently on display at the Washington Navy Yard, but it has been painted in Navy gray. Episodio 1. Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman. When the Skipjackreturned to Australia after her patrol, she was greeted by quite a sight. Tokyo Rose mocks the mysterious pink submarine, while the U.S. Navy believes it to be a Japanese deception, ordering that it be sunk on sight. 1408- Completed scheduled operations with October 26 marks the National Day of the Deployed. Balao fired four torpedoes which overran their target. Operation Petticoat is the 1959 World War II submarine comedy directed by Blake Edwards. it was released it had to have escaped. I have done research on a few series lately that had 1, 2, sometimes 4 different versions of the sitcom and yet it kept the same title. In order to cooperate in our war effort at a small local sacrifice, the Skipjackdesires no further action be taken until the end of the current war, which has created a situation aptly described as "war is hell.". The mechanism, known as the "Steinke hood," enabled Commander W.F. Mazzone and Lieutenant H.E. Steinke, the hood's inventor, to ascend from a depth of 318ft (97m) to the surface in 55seconds, setting a new record. [CDATA[/* >
