The Wackiest Ship In The Army
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✎ Suggest a correctionStars Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson in the saga of the most fouled-up crew ever.
Lt. Rip Crandall (Jack Lemmon) is an expert yachtsman in civilian life, now based at Townsville, Queensland, Australia. He is assigned command of a sailing ship, the USS Echo. The only crew member who knows how to work a ship with sails is eager young Ensign Tommy Hanson (Ricky Nelson) The Echo barely makes it out of the harbor, sailing straight into a storm. When it arrives in Port Moresby, New Guinea, he is supposed to train a replacement to deliver a coastwatcher named Patterson.
Lt. Rip Crandall (Jack Lemmon) is an expert yachtsman in civilian life, now based at Townsville, Queensland, Australia. He is assigned command of a sailing ship, the USS Echo. The only crew member who knows how to work a ship with sails is eager young Ensign Tommy Hanson (Ricky Nelson) The Echo barely makes it out of the harbor, sailing straight into a storm. When it arrives in Port Moresby, New Guinea, he is supposed to train a replacement to deliver a coastwatcher named Patterson.
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- Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson
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Stars Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson in the saga of the most fouled-up crew ever.
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