An experienced South Pacific Sea Dog by the name of Quinton McHale, was commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander into the U.S. Navy Reserve at the start of World War II. McHale was made the Skipper of the Torpedo Patrol (PT) Boat #73 stationed at the U.S. Naval Installation on the island of Taratupa in the Southwest Pacific. The 73 'Family' included, among others, a con man and amateur Magician, a womanizing hunk, a dedicated Family man, a guitar-playing, moonshine-making Tennessee good ol' boy, and even a deserter from the Japanese Navy, who was an excellent cook.
as Quinton McHale
as Captain Wallace B. Binghamton
as Ensign Charles Parker
as Lester Gruber
as George Christopher
as 'Tinker' Bell
as Virgil Edwards
as Willy Moss
as Fuji Kobiaji
as Happy
as Lt. Elroy Carpenter
