Operation Petticoat: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Operation Petticoat was a comedy series that aired on ABC from 1977-1979.

Based on the 1959 film of the same name, the series follows the misadventures of the fictional U. S. Navy submarine, USS Sea Tiger, a pink submarine, which patrolled the South Pacific with the mission to rescue downed airmen and sink ships when possible..

Series details

• Title: Operation Petticoat
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1977-09-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 1979-06-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18585
• IMDb ID: tt0075551
• TVDB ID: 75079

Cast and credited roles

• Melinda Naud — Lt. Dolores Crandall
• Jim Varney — Seaman 'Doom & Gloom' Broom
• Richard Brestoff — Yeoman Hunkle
• John Astin — Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Sherman
• Richard Gilliland — Lt. Nick Holden
• Yvonne Wilder — Major Edna Howard
• Jamie Lee Curtis — Lt. Barbara Duran
• Dorrie Thomson — Lt. Ruth Colfax
• Bond Gideon — Lt. Claire Reid
• Christopher J. Brown — Ensign Stovall
• Kraig Cassity — Seaman Dooley
• Wayne Long — Chief Herbert Molumphrey

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1977-09-17; final listed air date 1978-05-18; episode order: 22.
• Season 2: premiered 1978-09-18; final listed air date 1979-06-22; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

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