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"Explain one hour delay
in keeping rendezvous."
Signal answer, regret delay due
to misinterpretation of orders.
Aye aye, sir.
misinterpretation of orders.
Misinterpretation?
What kind of an answer is that?
Tell the Warren I want the
signal number of the officer
responsible for
misinterpretation of orders.
Aye aye, sir.
From the flagship, sir. "Report
immediately signal number of the
officer responsible for
misinterpretation or orders."
Place my number, Martin.
Aye aye, sir.
After all, sir, I was to
blame for the delay...
Why didn't you hoist my number?
Isn't a question of blame,
Masterman.
The Admiral requested the signal
number of the officer responsible.
- That's right. - Aboard ship, the
captain's responsible for everything.
- Oh yes. - Good. For a moment I
thought it'd slipped your mind.
Warren answered your query with a
signal number of commanding officer,
- Lieutenant Commander Roberts.
- Uh huh.
Just what I expected
from Roberts. No alibis.
officer by the cut of his jib.
And the grace to
go, Mr. Lindsay.
- Change standard speed to 15 knots.
- Aye aye, sir.
Attention. Baby Division.
You will lay aft to
the afterdeck house.
Sunbathing time for the babies.
Don't you forget,
you nursemaids,
we're in a convoy so keep those kids
out of sight as much as possible.
I'm a sailor man
doing what I can
Helping out with the plans of
your Uncle Samuel's Navy
And in any port
I'm a dead James Ford
And I'll jump at the chance
just to beat off the pants
Of the guy who says
that the Navy
And sailing, sailing
over the Seven Seas
Bringing freedom to you
And to me
As we sail along
We're a million strong
And we can't go wrong
'cause we're all in your
Uncle's Navy
Hey Jenks, are you sure baking
powder's all right to use?
Of course it is.
You use it on bread, don't ya?
Yeah, but these
are little babies.
So if it's OK for bread, it's
OK for babies! Spread it on.
Hey Jason, you'd better
take in that pair of pants
pull up some of that slack.
Hey, give 'em a shot out of that
bottom might stimulate 'em a little.
Do you feel better now, sir, now
that the Warren's in position?
Yes, yes, oh yes, sir. But do you see
what I see on the afterdeck house?
It appears to be a
false structure, sir.
Structure? Looks
to me like a pigpen.
They must be crazy
on the Warren.
First a pigpen, and now a pig.
Right before my eyes.
I can't quite make it out, sir,
but it doesn't look...
I know a pig when I see one.
Take a message to the Warren.
Explain presence of unauthorized
pigpen and pig running loose on deck.
- Aye aye, sir.
if I hadn't seen it
with my own eyes.
Baby Detail! Count your babies!
I got nine!
Hey, wait a minute!
Baby number nine in
division three is AWOL.
He was just there a minute ago.
Where'd that scamp go to anyway?
Signal from the flagship, sir.
"Explain presence of unauthorized
pigpen and pig running loose on deck."
Pig?
Jughead? Jughead...
Oh, there you are...
What do you mean
running away like that?
I must be crazy.
Not only do they have a pig, but
they've made a pet out of it.
Why, they're babies, sir.
Yes, yes, yes...
Well, it looked like a pig.
Dudley, Dudley! Correct
previous message to the Warren.
Substitute babies for pig
and baby-pen for pigpen.
Aye aye, sir.
Message from the Warren, sir.
From the Warren, sir.
"Have onboard 25 civilian
survivors of torpedoed vessel
proceeding from Honolulu
to San Francisco.
Rescued persons,
number two women,
twenty babies, and two seamen.
Report one of them..."
Two women,
20 children and two seamen.
- That's 24 survivors.
- The message continues, sir.
"Report, one of the rescued ladies gave
birth to a child after being taken aboard."
Oh...
"In absence of doctor, Carpenter's Mate
officiated. Request your concurrence."
That's the end of
the message, sir.
I'm surprised at Roberts.
Permitting such irregularity.
I should've been informed
of the entire affair.
It's completely
without precedence.
- Boy or girl?
- It doesn't say, sir.
It doesn't say?
What kind of a report is that?
Leaving out the most
important detail.
- I'll find out, sir.
- Yes.
- Another message from the Warren, sir.
- Yes, yes, yes.
It's a boy, sir.
Oh. It's a boy.
It's a boy. Well, well, well.
Signal the Warren.
- Well done, Warren.
- Aye aye, sir.
Now take it easy, Johnny.
- Better?
- Oh much better, sir.
- But still... - Hello
Johnson, how're you feeling?
Oh, I'm fit as a fiddle, sir.
Except for a little
buzzing in my head.
But nothing to keep a man
in his bunk for, sir.
I guess we're entitled
to a day off after what we did
to that Heinie U-Boat
yesterday.
Shot her right
through her belly.
I saw her number
when she blew up.
Take it easy, Johnson.
Hello Papa. How are all
the little children?
- Very funny.
- You look in on Johnson?
Still thinks
I'm his old skipper.
Mr. Masterman, sir!
I beg your pardon, sir,
but the other lady this time,
she's about to...
she's about to...
- About to what?
- About to have a baby, sir.
Well... Mr. Masterman?
United States Navy.
I'd give a month's pay to see Masterman
surrounded by all those babies.
- Masterman? - He's my ex-Junior
Aide, he's quite a fella.
Always made me feel a
little uncomfortable.
As if my neck tie weren't
on straight or something.
What's the matter with him, sir?
Nothing that a cruise, and the Warren,
and a bunch of babies won't cure.
Mr. Dudley to see you sir.
All right.
- Message from the Warren, sir.
- Yes, yes, yes.
"Second lady passenger
about to have child.
Request concurrence
and medical advice."
Now look here, Dudley,
this sort of thing must stop.
I am fighting a war,
not running a lying in hospital.
Aye, sir. Should I transmit
that to the Warren, sir?
Certainly not.
Well, Doctor, go on.
Say something.
- Say what?
- You heard the message.
The Warren wants medical advice.
Well, sir, off hand I... I don't
know exactly what to say.
Stone, are you or
are you not a doctor?
I am a Naval surgeon, sir.
Not a baby specialist.
Now if the woman had only broken her
neck, or something more in my line...
Stone, she's having a baby.
The Warren is waiting.
Well, a question like that
takes time to answer...
I'll have to refresh my mind.
Look it up!
What shall I tell
the Warren, sir?
Tell the Warren to
delay everything,
my senior surgeon
is reading a book.
Aye aye, sir.
- How is she?
- Not very good.
I'm pretty scared.
The other lady had a
pretty easy time but...
But Mrs. Collins,
this is her first child...
And she's been through a lot.
The torpedo,
and the bumping around,
the life boat and
it's all against her.
But she's got grit, sir.
You think it'd help any
if I spoke to her?
Might ease her mind, sir.
Oh...
I'm sorry to be so much
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