Navy Log

- Season 2

(1956)

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 sailors are trapped in a compartment that is slowly filling with water.

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.

Repeated and unsuccessful contacts with Nazi subs render a Coast Guard cutter crew rebellious.

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.

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 French civilian (Alberto Morin) plays an important part in the Allied invasion of North Africa.

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 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.

Two Naval officers are assigned to a top-secret mission during World War II. Their destination: the White House.

A young Japanese boy befriends a downed American pilot.

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.

Four Americans, taken prisoner by the Japanese, plot their escape.

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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.

An enemy sub makes a direct hit and three men are left adrift in the Atlantic.

"Ping-Happy Spit Kit" focuses on the weird jumble of events that enabled a small craft to sink a Nazi sub.

Navy airmen try to save themselves from death when they're shot down in the icy waters of the Pacific.

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.

A cigar box is Capt. John Laycock's inspiration for a system of unloading men and equipment in shallow water.

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.

During the Korean War, a mine-sweeper crew launches a campaign of harassment against the enemy.

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.

A submarine ventures into shallow waters to attack a Japanese convoy.

A young doctor, ignoring the taunts of his comrades, struggles to save a critically wounded Japanese soldier.

Personalities clash on a sub when a young seaman rejects the teachings of an old-timer.

A desk-bound officer with a penchant for action gets more than he bargained for when he leads an infantry attack on Normandy.

Four shipwrecked nurses are used as decoys by the enemy.

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.

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.

A young crewman, lost behind enemy lines, is forced to assume the identity of a deserter.

An ammunition-loaded merchant ship is sabotaged.

A woman with a top-secret job faces trouble when she can't explain her work to her boyfriend.

Lieutenant Lambie undertakes the dangerous one-man job of scouting German coastal defenses.

The Marines try to infiltrate enemy territory in helicopters.