Navy Log is an American anthology series that initially aired on CBS

CBS

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. The series featured over 70 regular guests and told about the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy

United States Navy

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. This series premiered on September 20, 1955. The following year, it was moved to ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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, where it aired until September 25, 1958. The program ran for a total of three seasons and 102 episodes.

Notable guest stars

• John Archer
  John Archer (actor)
  John Archer was an American movie and television actor.-Biography:Born Ralph Bowman in Osceola, Nebraska, Archer moved to California at the age of five...
  
   as the Skipper in the 1955 episode "Hiya Pam"
• Raymond Bailey
  Raymond Bailey
  Raymond Thomas Bailey was an American actor on the Broadway stage, movies, and television. He is best known for his role as wealthy banker, Milburn Drysdale, in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies....
  
   as Lieutenant Fenton in "Operation Typewriter" (1956)
• Edward Binns and Paul Picerni
  Paul Picerni
  -Life and career:Picerni was born in New York City, New York. He was an Eagle Scout who joined the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, where he served as a B-24 Liberator bombardier in the China-Burma-India Theater. He flew 25 combat missions with the 493rd Bomb Squadron of the 7th...
  
   in "The Phantom of the Blue Angels
  Blue Angels
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  " (1955)
• Paul Burke
  Paul Burke (actor)
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   as Sparks in "Sky Pilot" (1955)
• Russ Conway
  Russ Conway (actor)
  Russ Conway was a Canadian-American character actor who appeared on film and television between 1947 and 1975.-Early years:...
  
   as Commander Loomis in "A Day for a Stingray" (1956)
• Walter Coy
  Walter Coy
  Walter Darwin Coy was an American stage, radio, film, and, principally, television actor, originally from Great Falls, Montana. He was best known for narrating the NBC western anthology series, Frontier, which aired early Sunday evenings in the 1955-1956 season.-Career:Coy performed on Broadway...
  
   appeared as Colonel Jack Connors in the 1956 episode "Destination - 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW" and in the 1957 segment "The Lady and the Atom."
• Francis De Sales
  Francis De Sales (actor)
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   as naval officers in "Operation Three-In-One" (1955) and "Get Back Somehow" (1956)
• Dean Fredericks
  Dean Fredericks
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   as DeMarco in "War of the Whale Boats" (1957)
• Ron Hagerthy
  Ron Hagerthy
  Ronald F. "Ron" Hagerthy is a former American actor known primarily for his guest-starring and supporting roles on television westerns. In 1952, he portrayed Clipper King in the modern western series, Sky King, with Kirby Grant in the title role of Clipper's uncle, Schuyler "Sky" King, pilot of...
  
   as Johnny Fletcher in "Ninety Day Wonder" (1956), as Jimmy Milano in "The Lady and the Atom" (1957), and as Swenson in "The Draft Dodger" (1958)
• Gloria Henry
  Gloria Henry
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   as Eileen Murphy in "The Decoy" (1957)
• Don Keefer
  Don Keefer
  Donald "Don" H. Keefer is a retired American actor known for the versatility of his roles. He was born in Highspire in Dauphin County near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Keefer's first role was as Bernard in the 1951 film, Death of a Salesman, based on the Arthur Miller play...
  
   as McNair in "Ito of Attu" (1957)
• Tyler McVey
  Tyler McVey
  Tyler McVey was an American character actor.-Early life and career:McVey was born in Bay City on Saginaw Bay in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. His first screen role, uncredited, came at the age of 39 in 1951, when he portrayed Brady in the The Day the Earth Stood Still...
  
  as Monsignor Flaherty in "Sky Pilot" (1955) and "The Draft Dodger" (1958)