The Wackiest Ship in the Army
The Wackiest Ship in the Army

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

You'll crack your timbers when you see how the Navy sticks the Army sad sacks with the crumbiest ship afloat!

5.9(36 votes)
1960
1h 39m
Comedy
War

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.

Production

Columbia Pictures

Cast

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

Rip Crandall

Ricky Nelson

Ricky Nelson

Tommy Hanson

John Lund

John Lund

Wilbur Vandewater

Chips Rafferty

Chips Rafferty

Patterson

Tom Tully

Tom Tully

Captain McClung

Joby Baker

Joby Baker

Josh Davidson

Warren Berlinger

Warren Berlinger

A.J. Sparks

Patricia Driscoll

Patricia Driscoll

Maggie

Mike Kellin

Mike Kellin

Jack MacCarthy

Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson

Dennis Foster

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