One ship was seen down by the bow, with her stern in the air; another listed heavily; and a third was riding low in the water. room of the USS Blueback in San Diego. Paul King, Joseph Stone, Stanley Shapiro, and Maurice Richlin were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing for their work on Operation Petticoat. After transferring him to Dortch, Balao returned to lifeguard duties off Peleliu Island where she picked up two more downed aviators on 27 July. Balao lost contact with the convoy and failed in her attempts to reach Silversides to exchange information. The torpedo misses the tanker and instead "sinks" a truck ashore. 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. The submarine then escaped to deep water to continue her patrol. Balao lured the escort out of the target area in order to double back to look for the third freighter. It was filmed on the USS Aspro SS- 309. Operation Petticoat - Full Cast & Crew 1959 2 hr 4 mins Comedy NR Watchlist Where to Watch Five Army nurses complicate life for two submarine officers in the Pacific. After viewing them, ABC decided it would be better as a thirty-minute show. The early morning darkness made it impossible to assess the damage, but Balao received credit for sinking Hakozaki Maru, a 10,413-ton transport. 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. Enclosure: (1) Copy of cancelled Invoice Balao heard several explosions at the expected times, as torpedo after torpedo struck home. During the 1977-78 season it was on Saturday nights. Operation MoPix with YTB-543. Filming for the period suggesting postwar 1959 was done at Naval Station San Diego, California. Balao underway from alongside. Back in 1970 while in West Pac, we pulled into Guam. A much more restrained commentary came from Bosley Crowther of The New York Times, who noted in his December 8, 1959 review that the plot device of women aboard a wartime submarine was strained. It was filmed on the tenders night work sheet for well over 2 months during the filming - participating A bus parked on it was blown up and thrown into the water by the explosion. After he became a star, Curtis suggested making a film in which Grant would stare into a periscope as he did in Destination Tokyo. [CDATA[/* >