The bus "sinking" took place during an attack at Minami Daito on July 16, 1944 when one of, United States involvement in World War II, Historic reviews, photo gallery at CaryGrant.net, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Petticoat&oldid=1124362248, Films about the United States Navy in World War II, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from May 2015, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, The evacuation of one Navy nurse and several Army nurses from, Captain Sherman's letter to the supply department at Cavite on the inexplicable lack of toilet paper (based on an actual letter to the supply department of, The need to paint a submarine pink because of a lack of enough red or white lead undercoat: Heat from the burning USS, Another possible source for the "pink" submarine is the decorated, This page was last edited on 28 November 2022, at 14:58. It is a gripping true-life drama about the doomed Kursk submarine and the bravery of the men who served on it. Actress Joan O'Brien in Operation Petticoat Cary Grant , who cornered the market on charm years ago, wastes none or it on glamor girls or in night clubs. Lt. Sherman tries to put the nurses ashore at Cebu, but the Army refuses to accept them without the proper orders, as the Japanese are closing in. 1425- Set A veteran naval commander is given command of a pink colored submarine full of misfits, miscreants and with a . 2000 Custom semi submarine USCG Inspected 49 Passenger Semi Submarine. Plot . On 18 March, Balao caught a 188-ton trawler alone, sank it with gunfire, and then rescued three survivors in the debris. Tony Curtis served on the USS C-4, a C-class submarine. The submarine could see nothing except heavy smoke in the target area, but radar watched as two "pips" disappeared from the screen. I cant remember the actor who was the "hero" -all I can I thought my career was over. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in October and November 1962, she was sent to patrol the western Atlantic. It was filmed on the USS Aspro SS- 309. [14] Initially starring John Astin in Grant's role of Lieutenant Commander Sherman, the TV series cast Tony Curtis' daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, as Lieutenant Duran. The show had a cast of 18 members, including five nurses. The torpedo misses the tanker and instead "sinks" a truck ashore. Holden manages to get some red and white lead primer paint, but does not have enough of either to prime the entire hull. The main deck provides shelter and seating . Novak and Hobart Bosworth, (left center, second row), with USS H-8 in the background As General Douglas MacArthurs campaign on Luzon was underway, news of the Palawan massacre produced a call to action to save thousands of Allied POWs and civilian internees from a similar fate. Balao fired four torpedoes which overran their target. It was one of those super hero James Bond type movies. Enclosure (2) is a sample of the desired material provided for the information of the Supply Officer, Navy Yard, Mare Island. 3 and 4 diesels to keep Nos. When the show came back in season two, 15 of the 18 actors were gone, including the three main characters. In company with YTB- 543. Does anyone know the name of the actual submarine used in the 1959 movie "Operation Petticoat"? speed 16 knots, station the maneuvering watch. After refueling there on 11 October, the submarine got underway for her assigned area north of the Bismarck Archipelago and again covered the Palau-Rabaul routes. Shortly after midnight, Balao went to battle stations and closed for attack. An American destroyer spots Sea Tiger and opens fire, then launches depth charges when the submarine crash dives. As noted above, the fictional Sea Tiger is played by three different Balao-class submarines. I thought my life was over. Balao was recommissioned on 4 March 1952 at the U.S. {The Tatsuhara Maru was damaged[5]}. She topped off her fuel tanks from submarine rescue vessel Coucal on 29 July, and on 7 August took station in the scouting line in the sealanes between Truk and the Bismarck Archipelago. After joint exercises with the navies of several South American countries, the ship made liberty calls to principal ports such as La Guaira, Venezuela; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Montevideo, Uruguay; Mar del Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina. At 33:21 a ship is shown with part of its hull number obscured. But when Lieutenant Commander Matthew Serman took command, he's determined to use whatever he can get his hands on to make his boat operational! 1248- Stopped, lying to. They actually did paint a submarine pink. [CDATA[/* >