On 28 October, she was assigned to a scouting line south of Truk. Goofs The submarine film is a subgenre of war film in which the majority of the plot revolves around a submarine below the ocean's surface. As dawn broke, the submarine made one last approach, moving to 1,400yd (1,300m) where she fired four torpedoes. He must put his personal 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! The balao was on display on the base at the time and was enjoyed greatly. The movie begins with Rear Admiral Matt Sherman (Cary Grant) making a sentimental visit to his first command, which is due to be scrapped. The escorts drove Balao off, and on 7 January, she was ordered back to Brisbane, still without a confirmed kill under her belt. Length 65'. Balao operated with air cover while on station and rescued four aviators during the patrol. One of the damaged ships trained a 3in (76mm) gun on Balao, but a heavy internal explosion silenced the gun before Balao could be hit. Sherman's letter to the supply department on the inexplicable lack of toilet paper, based on an actual letter to the supply department of Mare Island Naval Shipyard by Lt. Cmdr. sending a copy to me -DG.) Coes letter caused quite a stir and was circulated throughout the fleet. I think Gary Walker has a copy on his Atule site. Submerged.1209- Surfaced. It's because on earlier sailing ships, the toilet for enlisted sailors was a series of holes, like an outhouse, that was perched out over the bow--the "head of the ship." Sea Tiger"; originally shot in 1945, it's presented in black and white with occasional text descriptions in lieu of voice-over narration. While rigging for depth charges, she heard three explosions, but upon surfacing, could see no sign of damage. {The Tatsuhara Maru was damaged[5]}. 1009- Surfaced. Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman. On the Washington Navy Yard, there is a display of the balaos sail painted in navy. Connections So was USS QUEENFISH (SS-393), which was used in the opening and closing scenes and for seagoing shots filmed off the coast of San Diego. On 23 May, Balao's earlier mechanical difficulties rendered her stern diving planes totally inoperable, and she received orders to Pearl Harbor for refit. Balao underway from alongside. No. It is believed by this command that the stamped notation "cannot identify" was possible error, and that this is simply a case of shortage of strategic war material, the Skipjackprobably being low on the priority list. This silent movie was called "Behind the Door". Well they told us all about the plot and about when it Her original black paint was damaged by fire in the air raid, and ended up peeling off while she was on patrol. The Little Mermaid features a pink submarine that is used by Ariel and her friends to explore the surface world. This WWII comedy centered around a US submarine, the USS Sea Tiger, that reluctantly must bring a group of female nurses aboard. The Hunt For Red October: A Submarine Showdown. Battle of the Coral Sea, The The movie The Battle of the Coral Sea was made in 58-59 some time. there and we were made part of it. On 26 July, Balao joined in the bombardment of Angaur Island in the Palaus by firing on a lighthouse and loading docks, scoring several direct hits. Facebook Watch video from U.S. Description: A guilt-ridden Curtis took credit for the inception of Operation Petticoat. Certain that the freighter had been sunk, Balao resumed her patrol of the shipping lanes. It is a gripping true-life drama about the doomed Kursk submarine and the bravery of the men who served on it. info@nationalww2museum.org On 1 June, the situation brightened. Balao fired six torpedoes at the larger of the two freighters, scoring three hits. After a six-week training period in New London, Conn., the submarine sailed for the Pacific Theater of Operations and joined the 7th Fleet at Brisbane, Australia, on 10 July 1943. Her primary duty during this tenth and final war patrol was to provide lifeguard services for Allied aircrew during strikes on the Japanese home islands. There just seemed to be constant chaos, so this show lasted much longer than most of its competition. DIVE! Somehow or another, the sub gets painted pink in the process. A pink submarine was built by combining red and white parts. Entdecke Operation Petticoat (DVD, 1959, 2001, Cary Grant Collection) *keine Kratzer* CIB in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! In 2009, the US Congress designated October as Filipino American History Month, a monthlong commemoration and appreciation for the Filipino experience throughout American history stretching as far back as 1547. Decommissioned in August 1946, she became part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. During the Battle of Buna, two soldiers of the 32nd Infantry Division went above and beyond the call of duty. 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. A survivor was taken on board, who stated that his vessel, the 5,857-ton passenger cargo ship Nikki Maru, had gone down rapidly after being hit. disguised as the German U-98. After firing her six bow tubes at the lead ship, the submarine swung her stern toward the wing ships in the formation and fired her stern tubes. on the USS Aspro SS- 309. From: Commanding Officer In April 1962, Balao deployed to the Mediterranean Sea where she joined the 6th Fleet for four months of exercises with other NATO navies. In the film, Cary Grant portrays Commander Matt Sherman, commanding officer of the USS Sea Tiger. The movie The Battle of the Coral Sea was made in 58-59 Balao fired seven more torpedoes for three more direct hits, but the target still refused to sink. 272836. 1529- Moored starboard side to the port side of the USS Chopper (SS-342) The pier was stacked seven feet high with boxes of toilet paper instead of the usual crates of fresh fruit and ice cream. February 21-23, 1959- Moored starboard side to Sherman's actions to the Savannah Campaign waged by Union Gen. "Dun and Bradstreet" is a company that has been in business since 1841 that provides data to corporate clients about the operations of their customers. That day proved to be lucky for Balao because, later that night, she picked up a larger ship on radar and successfully moved into position. as extras in the movie. Soundtracks, In the film the submarine is on a constant quest to reach a submarine repair ship to restore her operational status again. Director Thomas Vinterberg has pulled off a fantastic job with this play, and the cast, particularly Tony Curtis and Cary Grant, are fantastic. According to the memoir "Mislaid in Hollywood' by, Three members of the cast would later reunite with. The film also included Marion Ross, Dick Sargent, and Gavin MacLeod, who would go on to become part of McHales Navy and captain The Love Boat later in his career. I agree. After making several goodwill visits to ports in the southern United States, Balao joined the ships of Destroyer Squadron24 (DesRon24) in a combined antisubmarine warfare (ASW) training and goodwill cruise to South America that began on 6 January 1957. The submarine featured in the film is the USS Sea Tiger, a real- life submarine that was used during World War II. The submarine made a few contacts, but none worthy of pursuit. YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Commander, Submarine Group 7 hosted their counterparts from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Royal Australian Armed Forces personnel from the Australian Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC) for a trilateral theater anti-submarine warfare (TASW) tabletop exercise and working group at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Feb. 14-16. If youre a fan of disaster movies or naval dramas, Kursk will be a good choice for you. "This photo taken on August 9, 1919 shows a mixed group of H-8 Balao (17:10) offers a nice tour of the WWII submarine used as Operation Petticoat 's "U.S.S. 3. A plot error says that Sea Tiger is heading to Darwin to meet up with the sub tender USS Bushnell in December 1941; Bushnell was not commissioned until 1943. This show aired in an era where the networks struggled a lot with new shows. The women also have their own ideas about the renovation of the submarine, one of which involves painting it pink. The USS Balao SS-285 was painted pink and used for exterior shots in and around Key West, FL. A fuel shortage forced Balao to enter Majuro Atoll on 12 June to begin refit alongside submarine tender Sperry. 5. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in October and November 1962, she was sent to patrol the western Atlantic. Petticoat. 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. 0951- Submerged. The written scripts were revised to cover two shows each. The Operation Petticoat TV show was a 30 minute comedy series on NBC about a worn out, ill-supplied, world war II submarine that the U.S. Navy manned with its worst misfits to keep them out of the way. Enclosure: (1) Copy of cancelled Invoice This campaign illustrated the powerful synergy of American joint operations. 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. tell you he was the actor who played Spock's father on the old Star Trek series The Washington Navy Yard, in navy gray by Blake Edwards, is a terrible painting. The scouting line was discontinued on 26 August, and Balao shifted to patrol the PalauRabaul shipping route where she fared no better. Balao (SS-285), which was still in commission at the time. Your email address will not be published. [2], Former Universal-International contract star Jeff Chandler was originally set to have played Matt Sherman, but pulled out to film The Jayhawkers (1959) instead. 1959. Menu. Cary Grant and Tony Curtis are excellent, and the film is directed by Blake Edwards with a slam-bang pace". She scored six hits. Lieutenant (junior grade) Nick Holden, an admiral's aide, is reassigned to Sea Tiger despite a total lack of submarine training or experience. Only minutes before Balao reached firing position, one of the escorts unwittingly moved to a spot on Balao's beam and stayed there, thwarting the submarine's second attempt. October 26 marks the National Day of the Deployed. This location was for practical reasons, as the wind was always blowing from the aft; therefore, any "offensive odors" were blown away from ship. Balao fired four torpedoes which overran their target. The submarine returned to patrolling the YapPalau shipping lanes. USS Balao (SS/AGSS-285) was the lead ship of the United States Navy's Balao-class submarines during World War II and named for the balao, a small schooling marine fish. A month in port readied her for sea once more, and Balao got underway on 7 July for the Nanp Islands area and waters east of Honsh. See production, box office & company info, Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA. She was prevented from carrying out a dawn attack by Japanese air cover and was forced to allow the convoy to escape without further damage. "Pig" Henry: February 18, 1959- 0825- Moored starboard side She sank one trawler and left three others burning fiercely. Balao began the year 1944 with a contact that turned out to be a very large steamer and two escorts. On 4 November, the submarine made a submerged approach to a two-ship convoy, but the six torpedoes that she fired missed their marks. For only 33 episodes, this show went through a lot of changes. Through the Looking Glass, The USS Remora was used in the The Colonel and I. Holden demonstrates great skill as a scrounger after Sherman makes him the supply officer. With the extraordinary assistance of Filipino guerrillas, four daring raids were launched behind Japanese lines to liberate those camps. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for VHS - OPERATION PETTICOAT (1959 Cary Grant - Tony Curtis) Brand New Sealed at the best online prices at eBay! Please note this figure is rentals accruing to film distributors, not total money earned at the box office. Early the next morning, she attacked a convoy of four transports guarded by four escorts. These represent the lowering of Jim Brown to the deck from a helicopter . WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen It had been sunk earlier in the war and only somewhat restored, so it was a constant struggle to keep it working. A two-hour pilot was filmed, and several scripts were written. Somehow or another, the sub gets painted pink in the process.It's hijinks on the high seas when a U.S. submarine has to take on a collection of female nurses. After transferring him to Dortch, Balao returned to lifeguard duties off Peleliu Island where she picked up two more downed aviators on 27 July. [This was for filming our scenes for Operation Petticoat] It was supposed to be a one-hour series. However, Japanese records examined after the war indicate that Balao's victim on this occasion was not a tanker, but the 5,244-ton freighter Daigo Maru. On 7 March, Balao moored alongside Coucal and took on fuel and provisions. The effectiveness with which the escorts countered her several approaches convinced Balao that she had been detected. (SS-285) moored alongside to port. Operation Petticoat was produced with extensive support of the Department of Defense and the US Navy. lingering shame of the failed mission that killed his flight crew. When the show came back in season two, 15 of the 18 actors were gone, including the three main characters. Recommissioned in March 1952, Balao became as a training ship for antisubmarine and Special Deployment Forces at both Key West, Florida, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She later sighted a convoy of a damaged freighter and two escorts and moved in for an attack only to discover that the freighter was her target of 1 January. Believing there is no chance of repairing the submarine, the squadron commodore transfers most of Sherman's crew to other boats, but promises Sherman that he will have first call on any available replacements. For season two, it was moved to Friday nights where it went up against Different Strokes on NBC and The Incredible Hulk on CBS. exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy. Drama of the Sea, Directed by Frank Capra, 1425- Set Holden is attracted to Second Lieutenant Barbara Duran, while Sherman has a series of embarrassing encounters with the well-endowed and clumsy Second Lieutenant Dolores Crandall. [CDATA[/* >