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- During the Korean War, a mine-sweeper crew launches a campaign of harassment against the enemy.
- Tells the story of the destruction of the PT109. The crew, led by future US president John F Kennedy, struggles to come up with a survival plan that will help them avoid the numerous Japanese forces in the area.
- Frogmen aboard a United States submarine in the Sea of Japan are ordered to scuttle two sunken American mine sweeping ships called The Pirate and The Pledge before the Red Chinese can salvage them for their top secret electronics.
- A navy pilot has a bad habit of getting into trouble through his exuberant attitude to flying. Finally after many months and many transfers and encounter justifies his recklessness and redefines the rest of his life.
- A young man (Bobby Driscoll) wants to be sailor but he has poor eyesight. He gets a waiver for only specialized duty. He becomes a Navy Corpsman.
- Six men suspected as foreign agents board a Navy cruiser that is ready to deploy from the port in Brooklyn with the intent of sabotaging the guided missiles on board the ship.
- The admiral of the fleet has to balance his duty with his personal needs after his son is seriously injured in a mine explosion and transfered to his ship to receive treatment.
- A specialist team of navy divers are sent behind enemy lines to conduct demolition operations. It is made clear to the team they can expect no help, and the team is expendable in the navy's eyes.
- A pilot struggles to qualify for carrier landings. His flight captain tries to show him a little gimmick, but against all common sense he refuses to listen. Finally in desperation the flight captain tries something different.
- The U.S. Navy sends the submarine, the USS Stingray, into shallow water within reach of enemy guns to pick up some floating airmen before the Japanese do.
- A young Japanese boy befriends a downed American pilot.
- During the first days of the D day invasion, a group of American officers realize there may be valuable intelligence gained from a captured German bunker. They need a German POW to lead them to the information, but are unsure how far they can really trust the man.
- The captain of a decommissioned battleship reminisces about his experiences at sea.
- A desk-bound officer with a penchant for action gets more than he bargained for when he leads an infantry attack on Normandy.
- A Navy commander tries to outsmart Nazi submarines lying in wait for Allied ships.
- A Navy physical instructor who is anxious for combat service, volunteers for the commandos. He sees his first action during the invasion of Normandy.
- A Navy transport plane, en route from Hawaii to the U.S., develops engine trouble. The pilot tries to call for help, but finds that he is unable to make radio contact.
- Combat films highlight the story of the only foreign man-of-war captured by American sailors since the early 19th century.
- A cigar box is Capt. John Laycock's inspiration for a system of unloading men and equipment in shallow water.
- A recent Greek Immigrant joins the navy and struggles to come to grips with life on board ship. When the cruiser he is on is suddenly dispatch to Greece he worries something has gone wrong and Greece is in some kind of war.
- Two Naval officers are assigned to a top-secret mission during World War II. Their destination: the White House.
- A Navy surgeon assumes leadership of the men in a Japanese prison camp.
- While 300 Navy dependents are being transferred by train across the country, a woman gives birth after many complications.
- The crew battles a fire aboard a munitions ship.
- Two pilots crash in the Florida everglades and have to work out how to survive until rescuers can figure out their position.
- A Navy pilot is shot down over the Pacific and parachutes into the jungle. He fights for his life against the elements and the enemy in an attempt to survive.
- Test pilot Bill Bridgeman flies an experimental rocket plane, the Douglas Skyrocket, in low speed tests to remove flaws in the aircraft. Then he is asked to reach the fantastic speed approaching mach two - twice the velocity of sound.
- Greek airmen trying to expel Communist guerrillas are helped by Navy officers.
- A sailor who has been corresponding with a young girl from Long Beach, Ca. thinks he has found true love. But he is devastated when his ship docks in Long Beach for shore leave and she refuses to meet him for reasons unknown to him.
- A sailor is turned into a human bomb by a projectile fired into his body and ready to go off on the latest disturbance.
- When the Seabees first appear on Guadalcanal, with their steam-shovels, cranes and bulldozers, they draw hoots and jeers from the seasoned Marines. But the taunts cease when the Seabees invade a Japanese stronghold.
- A routine air patrol during the Korean War takes a dramatic turn when strange RADAR returns begin to appear. The flight needs to investigate but a whole new war could be at stake if they fail.
- A young doctor, ignoring the taunts of his comrades, struggles to save a critically wounded Japanese soldier.
- A dramatization of the former South Dakota governor's exploits in the Solomon Islands, which won him the Medal of Honor.
- "LST 799" recounts the role of a battle-scarred LST in the landing at Inchon during the Korean War.
- While on a bombing run over Korea, a pilot is blinded and unable to eject from his plane. Other pilots come to his aid, and using old naval traditions keep him conscious for the long flight home.
- The exploits of the commander of a Navy mine sweeper help change the course of the Korean War.
- In the French Mediterranean port of Villefranche, Mama Germaine insists on feeding sailors from the U.S. Sixth Fleet and loaning them money when they need it. Then she learns that a young sailor is dying and needs a rare medicine which the Navy doctors can't locate.
- Lt. Hugh Barr Miller's survival on Arundel Island after his ship, the USS Strong, was sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Battle of Kula Gulf July 5, 1943.
- A typical Trip from Alameda NAS (SF Bay) to Honolul Hawaii, in the Largest flying boat in the world. Hauling a load of cargo and passengers om an average flight of 14-15 hr. During the flight a daisy chain, including an ADM is formed to add oil to one of four engines.
- An ammunition-loaded merchant ship is sabotaged.
- A civilian transport pilot breaks his engagement to a Wave because she insists on re-enlisting. Little does he realize that her love for him and her feeling of duty toward her country are not unconnected.
- A young Navy Officer assumes command of a destroyer during heavy action in the Pacific.
- An amputee's wife tries to help him adjust to his disability.
- Crewmen on an aircraft carrier play a practical joke that backfires.
- A marine is held by the Communists. His ransom: an official apology, thousands of dollars and recognition of their government.
- A captain, fighting both the sea and the enemy, tries to get an officer to a meeting in North Africa.
- Four Americans, taken prisoner by the Japanese, plot their escape.
- In the development of atom-powered submarines, a group of volunteers is sealed in a submarine for two months. The medical officer wants to examine the men's physical and mental reactions after being exposed regularly to carbon-dioxide gas.
- Navy airmen try to save themselves from death when they're shot down in the icy waters of the Pacific.
- A unit of Marines is cut off by Korean forces and faces total destruction. A daring plan involving the Army and Navy is formulated in a desperate effort to try and save the men.
- A Navy supply officer is responsible for the delivery of a large amount of cash to a guerrilla leader. But the man who receives the money turns out to be an impostor.
- A Nazi intelligence agent attempts to extract information from a captured American seaman.
- A tense situation develops after a flight of aircraft get caught in fog and don't appear to be able to make it back to their carriers. A series of extremely improbable events occur that may give the pilots the chance they need.
- The Allies latch onto a new weapon: psychological warfare.
- "Ping-Happy Spit Kit" focuses on the weird jumble of events that enabled a small craft to sink a Nazi sub.
- A destroyer, rescuing a downed pilot, must make its way through heavily mined seas.
- Personalities clash on a sub when a young seaman rejects the teachings of an old-timer.
- As a storm rages, Adm. Marc Mitscher risks the security of his fleet to guide 200 planes to safety.
- Repeated and unsuccessful contacts with Nazi subs render a Coast Guard cutter crew rebellious.
- A young crewman is up for promotion, but becomes very erratic and is hauled up for disciplinary action. A pastor investigates the situation and discovers issues that may explain the man's actions.
- Chief Quartermaster Leon Sanford is overcome by a mysterious depression after performing an act of heroism aboard his ship during a Pacific typhoon. At a stateside naval hospital, Sanford's condition fails to improve.
- An enemy sub makes a direct hit and three men are left adrift in the Atlantic.
- At the beginning of WWII Japan's Zeros were know for their extraordinary performance. Aware of the shortcomings of the US Wildcat, John Thach, devised a tactic to give the Wildcat a even chance in combat. The tactic paired two fighters side-by-side, or pairs. When an enemy Zero went after one of the two, that US fighter baited the enemy into pursuit. The US fighter then crossed in front of his friendly companion with enemy in trail, his friend had a clean shot. If executed correctly, assuming the bait taken, left little chance of escape.
- The new destroyer escort begins to excel at chasing submarines.
- John Carradine narrates this World War II story of the battleship Enterprise.
- On a foggy night in 1942, Coast Guardsman Larry Hilton is patrolling a Massachusetts beach. Offshore, a Nazi submarine surfaces and saboteurs masquerading as British seamen prepare to land.
- The one man familiar enough with the Okinawan coastline to direct the invasion by Allied forces is an elderly beachcomber
- Four sailors are trapped in a compartment that is slowly filling with water.
- Story of a cargo vessel during World War II, which gets stuck with a lousy movie just prior to starting a long voyage.
- Deacon Jones, a Navy career-man with a penchant for breaking regulations, gets the shock of his life when Tay, a Vietnam waif, mistakes him for the ship's chaplain.
- Comm. Mary Sproul of the WAVES is dispatched from Washington, D.C. to escort a shipment of whole blood to Korea. Her perishable cargo deteriorates hour by hour as the aircraft develops engine trouble and bad weather delays the flight.
- A bomb-disposal unit goes to work on an explosive that lies dangerously close to the Navy's family compound.
- Paul Gray, an American flier, is assigned to lead a vital raid on a Korean village.
- The captain of a submarine faces a situation where he makes contact with an enemy convoy just as a life threatening medical emergency occurs on board. The Captain has to make the decision of what takes precedents.
- Invasion plans are held up when a minesweeper is sunk in the harbor while on active duty. The Navy hatches a daring plan to try and infiltrate the countryside and find someone who knows where the mines are laid
- Tells the story of the decision to go after and attack Admiral Yamamoto while he was an inspection tour of Japanese forces in the Pacific.
- Four shipwrecked nurses are used as decoys by the enemy.
- During World War II, three Marine airmen are isolated on a Japanese-occupied South Pacific island. They team up with the natives on the island to make raids on enemy patrols.
- A young Naval intelligence officer sets an ingenious trap for a U-boat which has been waging a successful battle against Allied shipping.
- A woman describes her wartime experiences to her young son.
- Lieutenant Lambie undertakes the dangerous one-man job of scouting German coastal defenses.
- In the Iceland sea lanes before U.S. entry into World War 2, a Nazi U-boat and a U.S. destroyer both have been ordered not to fire unless fired upon.
- An ironic story about two German brothers who have been separated since childhood. They meet years later as enemies during an historic naval battle of World War II.
- A woman with a top-secret job faces trouble when she can't explain her work to her boyfriend.
- A navy rating is desperate to get leave. he wont tell anyone why he wants the time, but once he shows them a letter, everyone agrees with his need for leave
- A Navy rescue unit vies with the Japanese to retrieve a downed pilot.
- The Marines try to infiltrate enemy territory in helicopters.
- The Pentagon goes in search of information about a naval officer who seems to have disappeared from their records. What they uncover astounds them and leads them to a conclusion that even stuns the young man's mother.
- A French civilian (Alberto Morin) plays an important part in the Allied invasion of North Africa.
- A member of the Annapolis boxing team undergoes an arduous test to prove that he is good officer material.
- A young crewman, lost behind enemy lines, is forced to assume the identity of a deserter.
- The drum major of the U.S. Navy Band in Washington, D.C. promises his kid brother Danny that he will be on hand for the event if Danny can enter the soapbox derby. Danny enters, but his brother finds it difficult to keep his word.
- Shakespearean actor Francis Carpenter joins the Navy to honor the memory of his late son and becomes the special agent for a successful invasion of Sicily.
- A sailor falls in love during his tour of duty in Hawaii. When he's transferred to Iceland, his romance is put in a deep freeze. But he refuses to give up hope of returning to his lady love.
- A new skipper is challenged to raise the morale of a sullen crew.
- A submarine ventures into shallow waters to attack a Japanese convoy.