Operation petticoat
 

hey all

After watching parts of a film called operation petticoat i was intreaged as to why the submarine was painted pink??

Maybe i missed part of the film which explained all that but wasnt this all based on true events?

Well why the hell did you only watch parts :doh: ?

The sub needed repainting in port, but because of shortages they were only able to scrounge up red and white paint. They just mixed it and painted the sub.

Great movie by the way, I recommend it to everyone who looks forward to patrolling the Pacific.

Yes they could only get enough redlead primer to do half the job. The chief boatswain mate was told to mix it with the white primer. After doing so he complained about the god awful color but was cut short and told to just get it done. The look of shock on the officers face that snapped at the chief is priceless when he gets his first view of the boat after the chief finishes.Then a series of incidents keep occurring to keep them from covering the primer with paint.

I thought they bought the paint from an old lady who lives in a light house. And it was the only paint they could find so they had to use it.

No, I just rewatched the part.

Lt Holden bargains for the paint in the casino, he can get enough grey, but not enough read lead. But the guy offers him some white as well, so he takes it.

The paint cans are olive drab government issue tins.

Well, it a very long time ago for me to watch the movie. Perpaps the light house was in an episode in the tvserie.

After the lua they were gonna finish painting it "grey"but jap airplanes showed up and ruined the party.

I really want to see that movie again. Wonder where I can buy it.

Try Amazon.uk. You can get there through this site, and then Neal gets a bonus! Everybody wins!:up:

Great movie!

"Fired one torpedo - destroyed one truck." :D

Here is what Cary Grant puts in the captains log
"Spotted tanker sank truck"
I love this movie I watch it about twice a week

Really? you really do love this movie :o

Yea I love Operation Petticoat.
Cary Grant made another submarine movie actually during the war entitled Destination Tokyo, it is a serious movie and really good, their mission is to infiltrate Tokyo bay, and I believe it is a Balao class submarine that he commands

Yeah, saw that one too. Cary Grant makes a cool sub captain.

I got this movie queued on my Netflix list, sounds good!:|\\