The Wackiest Ship in the Army is an American comedy series

Television comedy

Television comedy had a presence from the earliest days of broadcasting. Among the earliest BBC television programmes in the 1930s was Starlight, which offered a series of guests from the music hall era — singers and comedians amongst them...

 that aired for one season on NBC

NBC

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 between September 19, 1965, and April 17, 1966. Produced by Harry Ackerman

Harry Ackerman

Harry Stephen Ackerman was an American TV executive producer at Screen Gems, the television division of Columbia Pictures....

 and Herbert Hirschman

Herbert Hirschman

Herbert Hirschman was a television producer and director. He produced such famous shows as Perry Mason and the fourth season of The Twilight Zone.-External links:...

, the series is loosely based on the 1960 film

The Wackiest Ship in the Army (film)

The Wackiest Ship in the Army is a 1960 CinemaScope comedy-drama war film starring Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson and Chips Rafferty. It was filmed at Pearl Harbor and Kauai.-Plot summary:...

 starring Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts , Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925June...

 and Ricky Nelson

Ricky Nelson

Eric Hilliard Nelson , better known as Ricky Nelson or Rick Nelson, was an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and actor...

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The series is set in the Pacific theater

Pacific War

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 of World War II and centers about the crew of the USS Kiwi, a leaky wooden twin-masted schooner

Schooner

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 whose mission was to place spies behind Japanese lines.