Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Operation Petticoat' from 1970-1982:
- Jim Varney as Seaman 'Doom & Gloom' Broom (1977-1979)
- Melinda Naud as Lt. Dolores Crandall (1977-1979)
- Richard Brestoff as Yeoman Hunkle (1977-1979)
- Bond Gideon as Lt. Claire Reid (1977-1978)
- Christopher J. Brown as Ensign Stovall (1977-1978)
- Dorrie Thomson as Lt. Ruth Colfax (1977-1978)
- Jack Murdock as Chief Machinist's Mate Tostin (1977-1978)
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Lt. Barbara Duran (1977-1978)
- Jesse Dizon as Ramon Gallardo (1977-1978)
- John Astin as Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Sherman (1977-1978)
- Kraig Cassity as Seaman Dooley (1977-1978)
- Michael Mazes as Radioman Gossett (1977-1978)
- Peter Schuck as Seaman Horwich (1977-1978)
- Raymond Singer as Lt. Watson (1977-1978)
- Richard Gilliland as Lt. Nick Holden (1977-1978)
- Richard Marion as Pharmacist's Mate Williams (1977-1978)
- Wayne Long as Chief Herbert Molumphrey (1977-1978)
- Yvonne Wilder as Maj. Edna Howard (1977-1978)
- Don Sparks as Seaman Horner (1978-1979)
- Fred Kareman as Doplos (1978-1979)
- Hilary Thompson as Lt. Betty Wheeler (1978-1979)
- Jo Ann Pflug as Lt. Katherine O'Hara (1978-1979)
- Randolph Mantooth as Lt. Mike Bender (1978-1979)
- Robert Hogan as Lt. Cmdr. Haller (1978-1979)
- Scott McGinnis as Seaman Dixon (1978-1979)
- Warren Berlinger as Chief Engineer Dobritch (1978-1979)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Operation Petticoat':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Si Rose D: John Astin
With Curtis Credel (Captain), Bob Legionaire (Chief of Staff). When his battered pink submarine runs aground, the skipper blames the rescued nurses for his crew's lack of concentration.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Si Rose D: John Astin Lt. Commander Sherman must make an agonizing decision when Yeoman Hunkle and Lt. Claire Reid are trapped in the Sea Tiger's flooding torpedo room while the sub is under attack.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Coslough Johnson D: William Asher
With Ivan Bonar, Morgan Jones. Tokyo Rose, Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Secretary of the Navy and top Navy brass become concerned when seaman Dooley receives word that his wife is expecting a baby.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Gil Grant D: Norman Abbott
With Ancel Cook (Driver). Skipper Matt Sherman's submarine is finally outfitted with torpedos, but he is flat on his back and about to have an appendectomy when an enemy tanker is sighted.
Season 1, episode 5
W: John Fenton Murray D: Norman Abbott
With Christopher Tenney (Chip Holden), Tak Kubota (Japanese Officer), David Hirokane (Japanese Radioman). Skipper Matt Sherman rescues a famous Marine war ace, is unable to submerge, and finds himself menaced by enemy destroyers.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Gil Grant D: William Asher
With Steve Franken (Milton), Sorrell Booke (Capt. Sawyer), Robert Machray (M.P.), Dennis Williams (Aide). Everyone on the Sea Tiger is sure that skipper Matt Sherman and Lt. Dolores Crandall are secretly engaged.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Michael Morris D: Norman Abbott
With Cesare Danova (Bouvier), Logan Ramsey (Admiral Falconberg). The Sea Tiger crew attempts to hide two new passengers -- a baby and a goat -- brought on board by Lt. Nick Holden and Nurse Barbara Duran, as well as the five Army nurses when a tough Navy admiral comes aboard.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Si Rose, Gil Grant D: William Asher
With Arch Johnson (General). When the Sea Tiger arrives too late to pick up a USO troupe, the officers and crew put on their own show for the stranded Marines.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Si Rose, Gil Grant D: Alan Bergmann
With Walker Edmiston (Capt. McBride). The Army nurses of the Sea Tiger succeed where Lt. Nick Holden had failed, in scavenging enough gray paint to cover the sub's blushing pink.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Martin Roth D: Alan Bergmann Lt. Holden plays Cupid when he tries to help Chief Molumphrey recover from a "Dear John" letter, and help Army Nurse Crandall overcome her clumsiness by bringing them together.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Joshua Brand D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Stephen Johnson (Pilot). Claustrophobia has five Army nurses aboard the Sea Tiger climbing the bulkheads, and they jump at the chance to be flown to Port Moresby.
Season 1, episode 12
W: John Fenton Murray, Gil Grant, Bryan Joseph D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Gloria Stroock (Elaine Summers), Don Maxwell (M.P.), Jerry Fogel (Lt. Green), Robert Doyle (Lieutenant), Mickey Deems (Chief Petty Officer), Norman Alden (Admiral Summers). Warnings that Lt. Holden is loose go up at a navy supply base, as the legendary scrounger sets out to get Christmas gifts for everyone aboard the Sea Tiger.
Season 1, episode 13
W: John Fenton Murray, Bryan Joseph, Gil Grant D: Alan Bergmann
With Norman Alden (Admiral Summers), James Ray (Capt. Milgrim), Adam West (Steve Fleming), Gloria Stroock (Mrs. Summers), Curtis Credel (Officer), Arthur Song (Kim Toy), Ray Duke (Lieutenant). Skipper Matt Sherman must find a way to avoid a scheduled inspection of the Sea Tiger, which would result in the battered sub's being taken out of service.
Season 1, episode 14
W: John Fenton Murray, Bryan Joseph, Gil Grant, Leonard Stern D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Dick Patterson (Capt. Hoover). Mild-mannered Ensign Stovall, under the influence of medication, becomes a fevered supertiger and takes a turn for the nurse.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Gil Grant, Jennie Elford, Bryan Joseph, Leonard Stern D: Hollingsworth Morse The nurses take over key jobs on a combat mission after a birthday cake sends most of the Sea Tiger crew to the infirmary.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Martin Roth, Bryan Joseph, Gil Grant D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Bruce Kirby (Admiral Lawson), Neile McQueen (Mrs. Lawson), Joy Garrett (CPO Annie Eskow), Erica Hagen (Doris), Megan Landis (Lucy), Larry Block (Bartender). Hogwash, a sardonic parrot, figures strongly in Lt. Holden's scheme to help Lt. Cmdr. Sherman get a promotion.
Season 1, episode 17
W: Bryan Joseph, John Fenton Murray, Gil Grant D: Alan Bergmann The Sea Tiger comes under air attack when the enemy breaks a coded message which states that General MacArthur is aboard.
Season 1, episode 18
W: John Fenton Murray, Gil Grant, Bryan Joseph, Leonard Stern D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Squire Fridell (Lt. Meadows), Ted Gehring (Commander Billings), Bob Hastings (Harry Gill), M.P. Murphy (Admiral Tostin), Patrick Reynolds (Ensign), Bill Conklin (Derelict Dan), Bill Dearth (Officer), Gary Vinson (Officer), Don Maxwell (M.P.). Lt. Holden tries to intercept engine parts intended for the admiral's flotilla, and con a drunk CPO Tostin out of the brig.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Si Rose D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Ramon Sison (Grandpa Gallardo), Estrellita Rania (Mrs. Gallardo), James Ray (Capt. Milgrim), David Matthau (M.P.). Raymond Gallardo, the Sea Tiger's native cook who is on board illegally, is in danger of being discovered.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Bryan Joseph, John Fenton Murray, Gil Grant, Leonard Stern D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Norman Alden (Admiral Summers), Gloria Stroock (Mrs. Summers), Russ Marin (Phil McGregor). When a crew member is wrongly suspected of murder and the only one who can clear him is a mysterious one-armed man, the Sea Tiger heads for New Guinea to find the strange witness.
Season 1, episode 21
W: John Fenton Murray, Bryan Joseph, Gil Grant, Leonard Stern D: Hollingsworth Morse
With James Ray (Capt. Milgrim), Dick O'Neill (Gen. Houghton), Frank Aletter (Lt. Commander Baxter), Frank Di Elsi (Lt. Wilson). Skipper Matt Sherman's command is in question when the Sea Tiger's nurses are photographed while skinny dipping.
Season 1, episode 22
W: John Fenton Murray, Bryan Joseph, Gil Grant, Leonard Stern D: Hollingsworth Morse Skipper Sherman and his crew become targets for the U.S. Navy.
September 18, 1978: Operation Spleen
Season 2, episode 1
W: Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Walter Matthews (Chief Petty Officer), Peter Mamakos (Dr. Kostos). Season premiere. When Lt. Cmdr. Haller needs emergency surgery, the nurses have to play doctor and the lives of the Sea Tiger's crew are also placed in jeopardy as command is transferred to the bumbling Lt. Bender.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Jim Brecher D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Sam Chew Jr. (Lt. Kern). An aide to a top admiral finds Nurse Crandall and Yeoman Hunkle together, alone, in the shower room.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Jim Henry D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Tom Williams (Paymaster), Kevin Geer (M.P.), Sam Chew Jr. (Lt. Kern), Ruth Britt (Alana), Frank Peppiatt (Admiral Borkman). Nothing inflames a crew like being told they can't be paid because fire destroyed their service records.
Season 2, episode 4
W: John Steven Owen D: Gene Nelson
With Peter Kwong (Pat O'Brien). The Sea Tiger's crew almost revolts when they are ordered to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to an enemy pilot.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff D: Hollingsworth Morse
With James B. Sikking (Lt. O'Reilly), Frank Peppiatt (Admiral Borkman), Sam Chew Jr. (Lt. Kern). Bender crams for an exam that would let him stay aboard the Sea Tiger.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff D: Gene Nelson
With Manu Tupou (Chief Mamalaka), Frank Peppiatt (Admiral Borkman), Ruth Britt (Alana). Activities during a luau bring troubles for Capt. Haller and Chief Engineer Dobritch.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff D: Bruce Shurley
With Martin Azarow (Engineer Manganini), Frank Peppiatt (Admiral Borkman), Timothy Wead (Jurgensen). Lt. Bender launches a search for a virtuoso crewman to enter in a big-time talent contest.
Season 2, episode 8
W: John Steven Owen D: Bernie Kukoff
With Martin Azarow (Engineer Manganini). The officers and crew of the Sea Tiger display camraderie when they become trapped at the bottom of the ocean.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Manu Tupou (Chief Mamalaka), Frank Peppiatt (Admiral Borkman), Ruth Britt (Alana). Dobritch tries to solve the financial problems of the Kaloan natives -- even at the expense of the U.S. Navy.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Jerry O. Flanagen D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Ken Mochizuki (Pilot). When the Sea Tiger's records are destroyed and the men can't be paid, Lt. Bender leads his desperate crew on a safe-cracking expedition. (Last show of the series.)