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Based on Book

According to an anonymous commenter on YouTube, the series or its antecedent was suggested by/based on a book by a boy who who hung out with PT guys in the Solomon Islands. If that can be identified, it would be nice to add that information.

Transfer to Italy in series

Just a comment on the so-called rarity of transfers from one theatre to another during the war. I never heard of a PT boat transferring but many larger ships did. The battleship USS Washington was assigned to the British Home Fleet covering convoys to Russia against the Tirpitz ..and after the close of hostilities in Europe, even before in fact once the Allies had landed in France, many ships were transferred to the Pacific.83.180.227.134 10:41, 12 May 2007 (UTC) J.A.[reply]

Transferring from the Pacific to elsewhere was much more rare than from elsewhere to the Pacific. The Pacific Theater was World War II's endgame.

I've seen the TV series location move from the South Pacific to the Mediterranean described as jumping the shark, though the term came into use over a decade later. Binksternet (talk) 15:48, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes a show makes changes due to running out of story material. That happened with "I Love Licy" characters moving to Connecticut, and along with a boy growing out of his role also ended the Martins' run on "Lassie". Carlm0404 (talk) 07:11, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reruns

why aren't there re-runs of this on TV? There are--they are on the channel called "Antenna TV" In Oklahoma City, for example, this is channel 4.3. Look up Antenna TV at http://www.antennatv.tv/ to find out what kind of shows are being broadcast--such as the George Burns and Gracie Allen show, Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Benny...and where it might be broadcast in your area. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.58.82.135 (talk) 18:35, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Which came first?

Did Hogan's Heroes come first, and McHale's Navy come second?

McHale's Navy ran from 1962 to 1966. Hogan's Heroes ran from 1965 to 1971. Other military sitcoms of the era were The Phil Silvers Show (aka Sergeant Bilko) which ran from 1955 to 1959 and Gomer Pyle, USMC which ran from 1964 to 1970. MK2 03:46, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Writers

Were any of the writers on Hogan's Heroes also on McHale's Navy?

NBC?

Why was this article added to the NBC show category? As far as I can tell, it was always an ABC series. MK2 23:29, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Probably because it was filmed by Universal Studios.Dogru144 09:16, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures

C'mon, lads, a picture'd be nice. Jachra 05:37, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Only time...

Only one does "Old Leadbottom" triumph over PT-73 crew:

In Spin-off movie "McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force" "O.L" pushs the PT-73 crew off a dock into the water-except for Ensign Parker who follows orders to "fall off" Literaly! The only time in the series when "O.L" went into battle against the enemy in PT 73 his orders caused the crew to torpedo a truck...on land!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.53.145.184 (talk) 19:35, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Higgins Boat

The article says that the real PT-73 was a Higgins boat, which is not exactly so. It was built by Higgins and was certainly a boat, but the term "Higgins boat" refers to an amphibious landing craft, not a PT boat. Altgeld (talk) 19:50, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hiding Fuji

I'm watching the first 3 episodes on Hulu, and a couple of times I saw an enlisted man from the main island leaving McHale's island base, with PW Fuji standing openly on the dock. How come no one ever tipped off Captain Binghamton? --Uncle Ed (talk) 21:40, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"The Comrades of 73"

While it's true that the Soviets didn't declare war against the Japanese until August 8, 1945, the episode wasn't about the Soviets and the U.S. being allies in the Pacific. Rather; it was about the USN sending a PT Boat and Crew to Murmansk, as part of the Lend Lease Program, which meant that PT 73 and her crew would have been on detached duty, either serving eventually in the Arctic Ocean, North Sea, or possibly the Baltic Sea, thus taking her out of the Pacific Theater entirely. Helensguy1 (talk) 19:08, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Pentagon

Construction on The Pentagon started on Sept 11, 1941 and dedicated on January 15, 1943 and therefore would have been standing during the entire time period depicted in the series Tim Gruber (talk) 14:09, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Broadside

The article for Broadside indicates that Kathy Nolan appeared as Lieutenant Morgan on McHale's Navy. Is that correct? It's not reflected in the IMDB pages for Nolan or McHale. If it's not correct information, then I think the "Spin-off" section of this article should have a different title.Arnold Rothstein1921 (talk) 23:22, 10 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

spelling of a character name played by John Zaremba in McHale's Navy

He is listed in the role of Admiral Hardesy, but I find Hardesty spelling in episode "Chuckie Cottontail" (season 3, episode 27). Carlm0404 (talk) 19:14, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Quiet move -- Gavin MacLeod leaves

As far as I can tell, after 1st 2 seasons, McHale' s crew had 1 less member Carlm0404 (talk) 07:07, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]