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.
Rip Crandall
Tommy Hanson
Wilbur Vandewater
Patterson
Captain McClung
Josh Davidson
A.J. Sparks
Maggie
Jack MacCarthy
Dennis Foster
Johnson
Samada
Captain Shigetsu
Crewman (uncredited)
Sailor (uncredited)
Crewman (uncredited)
Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
Cpl. Goroka (uncredited)
French guide (uncredited)
Japanese Sergeant (uncredited)
Australian Major General (uncredited)
Seaman (uncredited)
Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
Shark Bait - USS Echo Crewman (uncredited)
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Adm. Hathaway (uncredited)
Arthur, Bartender at Kangaroo Club (uncredited)
Horse (uncredited)
Native (uncredited)
American Colonel (uncredited)
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