Ensign Charles Parker reports for duty as the new Executive Officer of the PT 73, to a not-so-warm welcome from McHale and The Crew. But McHale is soon impressed by the Ensign, and persuades the boys to shape up, so that Parker can stay on as XO.
Lester Gruber has been given the job of laundering Captain Binghamton's uniforms. When a Japanese sub fires on the PT 73, the uniforms are destroyed, and Lester's finger is scratched, prompting him to put in for a Purple Heart.
McHale decides that what Ensign Parker really needs is a girl friend. He convinces Parker that he is suffering from an advanced case of battle fatigue so that he can be sent to the hospital, where McHale hopes that he will find Nurse Casey Brown to his liking.
Binghamton grants McHale and the 73 Crew a week's liberty in New Caledonia, but they must postpone their trip, when the 73 turns up missing, and they have to scheme to get a replacement.
When McHale and his men are assigned the duty of averting a Japanese attack on a US convoy, they use the soundtracks of movies starring John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, and Errol Flynn to confuse the enemies.
McHale tries to figure out a way for Christy and his true love, Lt. Gloria Winters, to get married, even though it is against regulations for an officer to marry an enlisted man. But the lovebirds have even more problems: Binghamton schedules maneuvers on the evening of the wedding, and the Japanese schedule an all-out battle.
Chief Urulu demands monetary compensation from the Navy, for destroying the coconut trees on his island, and puts a curse on Binghamton, when he refuses to pay.
A plane with the Singing Tyler Sisters aboard is forced down with engine trouble on a deserted island. McHale and The 73 Crew are sent to pick them up, with more than their rescue on their minds, but wind up being quite disappointed.
Binghamton sends McHale and The 73 Crew on a recon mission to a supposedly deserted island, where they make a "home away from home" to enjoy themselves, away from the base. But, the U.S. Navy, as well as the Japanese, become suspicious, when they observe unusual activity on the island.
McHale and the boys cook up a scheme to keep Binghamton from building a new Officer's Club on McHale's island.
Mchale decides for Christmas he and the crew of PT-73 will pay a visit to Sister Monique and the children dressed up in a Santa Claus outfit and elf outfits. Mchale would parachute from a plane first and meet the kids and PT-73 would follow a little while after. Mchale jumps in his Santa outfit but when he lands he finds the island was overtaken by Japanese and was captured. Mchale as usual cons his way through the interrogation and he claims that a new secret weapon is on it's way, just then PT-73 arrives singing Christmas carols and dressed in elf outfits. The Japanese commander becomes scared fearing that this was some kind new of physiological warfare and he surrenders.
A Photo Journalist for the Office of War Information - an extremely unpleasant person, with whom McHale is familiar - is sent to Taratupa to do a story on PT Boats and their Crews. Through a case of mistaken identity, McHale and the boys are stuck with her, and must scheme to try to get rid of her.
Binghamton’s reputation as a “desk jockey” brings on a desire for some real combat experience, so, while McHale is away at New Caledonia, he assumes command of the 73, and goes out looking for action, with disappointing results.
A U.S. Congresswoman comes to Taratupa, to find a War Hero to take on a Stateside War Bond tour, and Parker and the boys help McHale to get chosen for the job, thinking that they will be going along.
Another of Gruber's shady enterprises backfires, when Binghamton gets a taste of the delicious Polynesian cuisine that Fuji has been cooking up, for sale to the base personnel.
Complications arise, when Gruber falsifies Parker's gunnery score to keep Parker from being shipped out.
Christy finds out he's about to become a Father, so, while McHale is away in New Caledonia, Parker and the boys come up with a plan to raise money for expenses.
The 73's engines are dying, and Binghamton uses the situation as an excuse to have McHale and his Crew reassigned. So McHale and the boys must scheme, to try to make the 73 healthy again.
Some local natives - who depend on McHale and his men for their income - are up in arms over Binghamton's having made their village off-limits to McHale and his Crew. But Binghamton must re-establish good relations with them, for the upcoming inspection tour of The Undersecretary Of The Navy.
Parker requests a transfer, when he feels he's not getting the respect he deserves. So, to change his mind, and build up his self-confidence, McHale puts him in charge of an important test mission.
The Navy has issued a directive stating that all overweight Combat Officers will be shipped out, and, when Binghamton goes all out to see that McHale goes over the weight limit, the boys cook up a plan to keep him with them.
A pesky Japanese Pilot - whom the base personnel have dubbed "Washing Machine Charlie" - is wreaking havoc, with his daily strafing runs on Taratupa, and McHale and the 73 Crew have an incentive to bring him down.
When a Japanese radio announcer broadcasts details about Captain Binghamton that only someone close to him would know, Binghamton immediately suspects McHale and The 73 Crew, and enlists Parker's aid in nailing the traitor.
Lovely Yvette Gerard has invited Parker to join her for a weekend at her island home. When Binghamton denies him leave, McHale works up a plan for Parker to have a "working vacation" on the island, which winds up with an unexpected bonus.
Trouble ensues, when Parker inadvertently invites three of the 73 Crew's Mothers - including his own - to visit Taratupa for Mother's Day.
Binghamton schemes to get McHale chosen for a Liaison Officer's position, in Sydney, Austrailia. But, when McHale finds out that he will be going alone, and for the duration, he and his crew cook up a plan to get him off the hook.
McHale and the 73 Crew are missing, and presumed dead, and Binghamton uses the situation for attention from a visiting War Correspondent.
A Naval Personnel Officer is coming to check out McHale for a stateside training position. Binghamton leads McHale and his crew to believe that the Officer is coming to check out Binghamton for a promotion, and transfer, so they shape up, so that Leadbottom will ship out. But, when McHale finds out the real reason for the Officer's visit, he and his crew cook up a plan, to get him off the hook.
Gruber does some shady trading with Chief Urulu involving Navy property, and McHale is arrested, and threatened with court martial. But Binghamton drops the charges, when he finds he needs help from Urulu and his tribe.
A Combat Photographer comes to Taratupa, to film a P.T. crew in action. But trouble erupts, when Gruber swipes the Photographer's movie camera, for a little private enterprise. McHale and the 73 crew then have to scheme, to cover their own behinds, as well as the Photographer's.
The 73 gets a new crew member, who turns out to be a trouble-maker. McHale and the 73 crew cook up a wild plan to get rid of him, but, when their plan backfires, they find themselves in hot water again. So, they turn to their new Crewman, and use his special physical qualities to their advantage.
McHale and the 73 crew return from a mission, to find that a young Asian orphan girl has taken up residence on their island. They decide to keep her on the island, and go all out to make a happy home for her, and to keep her a secret from Binghamton. But Binghamton becomes suspicious, when he observes the crew's unusual behavior.
The 73 Crew investigates the crash site of a Japanese transport plane, which is loaded with 4 million dollars' worth of American currency. McHale convinces the boys that the bills are counterfeit, and, later, Gruber trades the supposedly phony money to Urulu, for some island trinkets. But when they find out that the money is real, McHale and The Crew must scheme to get it back.
Willy is devastated when he gets a letter from his best girl “ Back home, in the hills of Tennessee“ Informing him that she's marrying another man. So, McHale and the 73 Crew go all out to pick up his spirits. But Captain Binghamton wants everyone on their best behavior for the upcoming inspection tour of a certain budget-conscious V.I.P.
A Navy transport plane develops engine trouble, and is forced down at Taratupa. One of its passengers is an Admiral's Son, and a strict, by-the-book disciplinarian, as well as a spoiled brat. Binghamton sees to it that the kid is quartered on McHale's island, where he and his "little black book" cause quite a bit of trouble for McHale and his Crew. But McHale is soon fed up with the brat and takes matters into his own hands.
An Admiral from Naval Operations “ Who just happens to be a ranking member of the Promotions Board“ Is stopping in, briefly, at Taratupa, and Captain Binghamton dreams of Admiral's stars, especially when he learns that the Admiral has a very close relative stationed on Taratupa.
During a search for some stolen goods, while McHale and the 73 Crew are out on a recon mission, Binghamton catches Fuji, and holds him as a spy. McHale and the boys then cook up a complicated plan to spring him.
After laying some unusually harsh punishments on McHale and the 73 Crew, Binghamton mistakenly gets the impression that McHale and his men are out to kill him.
Parker is feeling somewhat depressed, after getting scared during a chase after a Japanese patrol boat, especially after Binghamton accuses him of cowardice. But Binghamton changes his mind, when Parker – During a test run, on the 73 – Spots a German U-Boat, and goes after it.
The boys need to get to New Caledonia, but Binghamton denies leave. He changes his mind, however, when he finds that Movie Star Rita Howard – On a brief layover at New Caledonia, and, of whom Admiral Rogers is a big fan – Has a ‘cousin’ on Taratupa.
McHale and The Crew are in hot water again, this time, over the mis-use of the 73. But Binghamton drops the charges, when he gets into a bit of hot water, himself, and needs help from McHale and the boys.
While trying to prevent McHale and the 73 Crew from putting on a show for the Taratupa personnel, Binghamton winds up in trouble along with McHale and the boys, and has to put on a show, himself, to help get them out of it.
Parker requests a transfer, when a cute blonde Nurse he's involved with unintentionally demoralizes him. So, McHale, The Crew, and the Nurse work out a plan to make him feel better about himself.
Eager to have a well-known War Correspondent do a story on him, Binghamton makes Parker – Who is the Correspondent’s childhood friend – The Base PR Officer. But Parker’s ideas for good press turn out to be not so good.
Tinker's best girl dumps him for a fighter pilot, so, Gruber, and the rest of the Crew fabricate a tall rumor, to build Tinker up, in the eyes of his sweetheart.
Binghamton is stressed out, and long past due for a leave, and McHale and the boys have a special reason to make sure he gets one.
McHale and the boys transport Binghamton to a staff meeting in New Caledonia, and to keep them out of trouble, Binghamton confines them to the boat. But McHale grants the boys 3 hours unauthorized liberty, during which they all get in trouble, including McHale, and are thrown in jail. But their troubles double when during their incarceration, the 73 gets “borrowed.”
Happy's sleepwalking leads Binghamton to ship him out of the combat zone.
The 73 Crew's heart-sick Japanese friend, Fuji, must get a letter to his best girl back home in Japan. But a secret mission to mail the letter from a Japanese-held island becomes complicated when Fuji's letter gets mixed up in Binghamton's plan to distribute propaganda leaflets to the enemy.
Tinker is arrested for the theft of Binghamton's printing press, and The Captain taps Parker to be Tinker's Defense Counsel in a trial which Binghamton himself will preside over. Parker and McHale must then stall the proceedings while Gruber and The Crew execute a plan to get Tinker off the hook with a bit of creative evidence-tampering.
A new Navy directive ordering all married Officers to be shipped home prompts Binghamton to scheme to get McHale married off to a shady saloon-keeper by the name of Kate O'Hara, an old friend of McHale's. But neither Kate nor McHale want to tie the knot so they join forces to try to thwart Binghamton's plan.
Gruber and the guys try to make some money with some phony pearl oysters, but their scheme backfires, when a greedy Binghamton takes over their operation. Then, when Chief Urulu muscles in on Binghamton's business, McHale and The Crew put a stop to the whole operation, by taking advantage of an old native superstition, and some Japanese technology.
Major complications develop when the guys send a chapter of Parker's war novel including a highly fictionalized account of his sinking of the biggest battleship in the Japanese fleet, to Parker's hometown girlfriend, in an attempt to help him win her heart.
Binghamton is offered a promotion and transfer up to Fleet HQ, but must first reconcile a shortage in the base's equipment inventory. After all is accounted for, except for one item, a barrage balloon, McHale and the crew must race against time in order to locate it and bring it in, in time for Binghamton to be shipped out.
A business venture involving the manufacture and sale of sarongs to the Base personnel, has the guys divided into two separate quarreling groups. When the feud escalates, Binghamton tries to take advantage of its effect on them, during a PT Crew efficiency test, their failure of which, would mean their being shipped out for re-assignment.
When Binghamton refuses permission for McHale and the crew to put on a big show to raise funds for the local orphanage, Parker uses his newly-acquired skill as a hypnotist to make the Captain more agreeable. But the scheme is complicated by the visit of a Senator from the Armed Services Committee.
Parker, a dead-ringer for an important British General, agrees to put his life on the line by posing as the General, to divert the attention of spies in New Caledonia, while the real General carries out a crucial invasion of a Japanese-held island.
Binghamton is ordered to purchase one of Chief Urulu's islands for the construction of a radar station. But Urulu, knowing that he's got the Navy 'over a barrel', inflates the price of his real estate to ridiculous levels. So McHale and the crew try to help the Captain out with a scheme to de-value the Chief's land.
Binghamton gets hold of Parker's diary, which includes details of the crew's shady activities. After the guys steal the diary from the Captain's safe, Binghamton sets out to personally escort Parker to the Admiral. But after falling into enemy hands on the way, and being rescued by the 73 Crew, Binghamton changes his mind after some gentle persuasion by McHale.
The Navy is negotiating for the purchase of a nearby island for the construction of a new Supply Depot. But complications arise when the lovely daughter of the owner of the island stows away on the 73, so that she can be near Virgil.
Fuji has a bad toothache, and McHale and the crew must figure out a way to get him in to the dentist during an inspection tour of the Fleet Medical Officer.
Five-time Oscar-winning Director John Burton comes to Taratupa to shoot a documentary on PT boats and their crews, and McHale and the crew successfully scheme to become the stars of the film. But when they find out that Fuji has sneaked into the production they must re-shoot the movie themselves with surprising results.
A Russian Naval Officer reports to McHale for PT Boat training, and soon, disgusted with the 73 crew's lack of discipline, asks to be assigned to another crew. But when Binghamton finds out that the chosen crew will be shipped out to Russia, he talks the Russian into staying with McHale. McHale and the guys must then work up a plan to get out of the situation.
The French thief and con-artist first talks Binghamton out of a load of Navy supplies, then cons Parker into helping him get them to New Caledonia. McHale and the guys must then follow, rescue Parker, and recover the supplies.
After being restricted to base by Binghamton, McHale and the guys mock up a damaged PT boat to look like the 73, so that they can sneak a load of building materials to a nearby island village to help the natives rebuild after an air raid. But complications develop when Admiral Rogers visits Taratupa to investigate.
While temporarily assigned to the 73 Crew, a lazy, pampered, rock and roll star is captured by a Japanese patrol while out on maneuvers with McHale and the crew, and holds a captive audience making it easy for McHale and the guys to take prisoners.
Parker has a premonition that Binghamton will be blown up in an air raid, and gets into big trouble when he tries to keep it from happening.
Impressed by a gangster movie he's recently seen, Chief Urulu plays mob chieftain and refuses to sign the document allowing the Navy the use of McHale's island. So McHale and the crew, and even Binghamton, Carpenter, and Admiral Rogers, join forces and play their own mobster game to try to make Urulu change his mind.
In temporary command of the base while Binghamton recovers from a broken leg, and drunk with power, Carpenter gets the goods on the crew and has them up for Court Martial on several serious charges. McHale and Parker must then scheme to get Binghamton back in command, and the boys off the hook.
Gruber and the guys pick up a few souvenirs during a mission, not knowing that they're valuable items stolen by the Japanese during the battle of Manila. When one of the items, a priceless antique tea set, winds up as a wedding present for an Admiral's daughter, McHale and the crew must make a hasty trip to New Caledonia where Parker must play the part of the officiating Chaplain as part of a scheme to get it back.
Binghamton bows to pressure from the snobbish, swinging-bachelor son of his former employer, in the hope of returning to his stateside job after the war. But when the pressure becomes too great, the Captain conspires with McHale and the 73 crew in a plan to get rid of him.
Christy's little daughter is about to say her first words and his wife has arranged to have it broadcast to him via ham radio. Trouble begins when the crew tries to pick up the channel on an enemy radio, confiscated during a raid.
When Binghamton discovers how superstitious McHale and the crew are, he devises a plan to scare them into transferring out. But when McHale and the boys find that they've been duped, they cook up their own plan to scare Binghamton into cancelling their transfers.
With his letters home, Gruber has led his girlfriend to believe that he's a Lieutenant Commander, and when the girl pays a surprise visit to Taratupa, McHale reluctantly agrees to help him save face, by allowing him to act out the part. The charade almost gets them into big trouble, but winds up working out for the good when it helps foil Binghamton's plan to have McHale assigned to a British Liaison's position.
Left alone on the 73 in New Caledonia while McHale attends a staff meeting and the Crew are on an unauthorized liberty, Parker receives the order from Binghamton to pick up the base payroll. After he's robbed of the $62,000, McHale and the guys frantically try to locate the cash before Binghamton can accuse them of the theft.
Binghamton fakes an illness and checks into the base hospital, appointing McHale as temporary Base Commander, to face an unscheduled inspection by a tough Admiral. But Binghamton's plan backfires when McHale and the crew manage to make it through the inspection and turn the tables on the Captain.
Ordered to provide a safe haven for a Sultan and his three daughters, Binghamton is forced to send McHale and the 73 Crew to rescue the royal family and bring them to Taratupa. But when Virgil sneaks one of the Princesses away for a romantic boat ride, Parker must become her stand-in while the guys hustle to return the real princess before the Sultan and the captain discover that she's missing.
After Parker nearly drowns Binghamton during an accident on the 73, the Captain calls for a Fitness Board Inquiry to determine Parker's fitness for duty. McHale and the boys then execute a clever plan involving nitrous oxide, or 'laughing gas', to help Binghamton to change his mind, which backfires when an Admiral from the board arrives early to investigate Parker's situation.
After Binghamton devises a scheme to frame McHale and the crew for the theft of his wallet, Parker is arrested and charged with the crime. But the Ensign is cleared at the last minute when McHale and the boys produce Parker's star witness, an alligator that has taken a special liking to Parker.
Binghamton has an ulterior motive when he temporarily assigns a clumsy, bumbling British Sub-Lieutenant to the 73 crew. When the Britisher captures Fuji and places him under arrest as a spy, McHale and Parker work up a rather risky plan to free their Japanese friend, which is complicated by a visit from the Sub-Lieutenant's Admiral cousin.
After Parker is passed over again for a promotion, Gruber devises a way for him to vent his frustrations, which winds up landing the Ensign in the brig, pending Court Martial. Then when they find out about an upcoming visit by the head of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, whose name just happens to be Parker, McHale and the boys work up a scheme to get their XO off the hook.
While out on maneuvers with McHale and the 73 crew, Binghamton discovers what he thinks is The Fountain of Youth. But McHale and the boys know what really causes that youthful feeling in one who drinks from it, and must scheme to keep it a secret.
The Navy needs an airstrip on an island inhabited by fierce head-hunters, and McHale and the 73 crew get some help from Mother Nature when they go to negotiate a treaty with them.
McHale and the boys help Binghamton get even when he buys some ocean-front property in New Caledonia from an unscrupulous Frenchman.
Complications arise when Christy, desperate to see his daughter on her 2nd birthday, stows away on a bomber bound for San Diego.
Parker is in Binghamton’s dog house again, but gets off the hook when Leadbottom’s niece, an anthropology student on a brief stay at Taratupa, wants to keep Parker around as a study subject.
McHale and the boys take Fuji along to a big luau on a nearby island, where he falls for a lovely native girl who has a boyfriend with a bad attitude.
Binghamton’s “No-Fraternization” policy forces McHale and the boys to find a secret location for a big party they’ve planned with the Nurses. But Gruber’s pet parrot spills the beans to Binghamton.
Marooned on a supposedly deserted island for their mandatory survival test, Parker and Binghamton are captured by a Japanese patrol. McHale and the crew on their way to New Caledonia to try out for the Navy talent show, are captured as well when they drop in to check on the Captain and Parker. They must all then utilize their various talents in a plan to get out of the situation.
In an effort to get the goods on the 73 crew, Binghamton lures the boys into the hospital under false pretenses, and has them injected with sodium pentothal, or 'truth serum', which causes them to tell him everything he wants to know. McHale and Parker must then work up a plan to get them off the hook, by literally giving Binghamton a dose of his own medicine.
After the Captain has his annual physical exam, the guys see an opportunity to get him out of the way for a while and 'doctor' his X-rays to make it look like he's dying. But the plan backfires when, in an effort to go out a hero, Binghamton volunteers to lead the 73 crew on a dangerous mission to destroy an enemy fuel dump.
In an effort to gather evidence of any shady activities, Binghamton appoints Carpenter as the 73's new Executive Officer, and makes Parker the base's Laundry Officer. After Parker fouls up, McHale and the guys try to help him out, but Carpenter catches them in the act, forcing McHale to come up with a plan to get out of the situation, and get Parker his job back.
When Binghamton learns that all Chief Petty Officers are to be shipped out, he talks all the guys into taking the exam for CPO, then fixes the results to see that all of them pass. Now without a Crew, the 73 is to be scrapped, and McHale and Parker are to be reassigned. But a very determined Ensign Parker takes it upon himself to keep the 73 in business.
After Admiral Rogers mistakes a pretty young Nurse for Binghamton's wife, McHale and Parker must hustle to keep the situation a secret from Binghamton's real wife, who has come to visit the base as part of the Women's Navy League tour.
After the guys swipe Binghamton's dictation machine, Parker is nailed for the crime while in the process of returning it and the Captain throws him into the brig, pending Court Martial. Parker must then work with McHale and the boys in a complicated plan to try to make Binghamton drop the charges by making him think he's losing his mind.
McHale's gambling, conniving, saloon-keeping old friend Maggie Monohan, is back in business in New Caledonia, and Binghamton has been ordered to shut her down. Seeing an opportunity to 'kill two birds with one stone', Binghamton schemes to nail McHale and the crew along with her, but McHale and Maggie join forces in a plan to keep him from doing so.
Struck on the head during a Japanese raid, Parker develops regressive amnesia and thinks he's returned to his childhood days at summer camp. McHale and the guys must then try to keep the Ensign out of sight long enough to think of a way to cure him, before the Fleet Medical Officer arrives to examine him.
Major complications develop when Gruber and the guys, desperate to raise $300 for a tonsillectomy for Christy's little girl, try to pass off a 'paint-by-numbers' portrait as a genuine 'Claude Gauguin', supposedly painted by the brother of the legendary French Artiste.
While searching McHale's island for some stolen eggs, Binghamton, Carpenter, and Admiral Hardesty are captured by Japanese soldiers drunk on the egg nog made from the stolen eggs. But they're soon rescued by the Easter Bunny on his way to an Easter egg hunt, supervised by McHale and the guys for some native school children.
Binghamton panics when he learns that Naval Intelligence is on it's way to investigate the disappearance of a $1000 jade necklace, which he bought with funds 'borrowed' from the Officer's Club. Then, after the necklace turns up, Binghamton tries to frame McHale and his men with the crime in order to cover his tracks.
Parker takes full advantage of his situation when he's temporarily promoted to Admiral, so that he can fill in for Admiral Rogers in negotiations for the drilling rights in an oil-rich island nation.
After running into Jerry Colonna in New Caledonia, McHale and the guys talk the bug-eyed, mustachioed comic into making an unscheduled stop for a show on Taratupa. But when they learn that the base doesn't qualify for a Special Services show, they must make some special arrangements for an 'epidemic' at the base hospital.
Binghamton tries to frame the 73 crew for the manufacture and sale of illegal liquor and has them all thrown into the brig pending an investigation. But with a little outside help, McHale and the guys manage to escape from jail and execute a complicated scheme to make the Captain look like a lunatic in the eyes of the Fleet Legal Officer.
When an MIT-trained electronics wizard comes to the base to convert the 73 into a fully automated, remote-controlled vessel, McHale and the crew fear that they may soon become obsolete. But they're reprieved at the last minute with help from a very unlikely source.
Angry after another mishap with Parker, Binghamton assigns the Ensign to coast-watching duty in a hazardous location. But he quickly changes his mind, when he finds that Parker may be the only source of his extremely rare blood type in the South Pacific.
After learning that his stateside employer has closed down, Binghamton lands a job as an insurance salesman under the condition that he sell life insurance policies to the 73 Crew. But the Captain's high-pressure sales tactics prompt McHale and the guys to work up a plan to get back at him.
In response to a letter from Gruber and the guys, a glamorous movie star makes the trip to Taratupa with a plan to create some publicity for herself. But her scheme soon goes awry and someone else winds up grabbing all the headlines.
Binghamton pressures a young new member of the 73 crew into spying on McHale and the guys, to try to gather evidence of any shady activities. But the Captain's plan is foiled by another new member of the crew, who proves to be not only very intelligent, but an excellent sailor as well.
McHale, the 73 Crew, Captain Binghamton, and Lieutenant Carpenter have all been transferred to a base in the little coastal town of Voltafiore, Italy, and soon find themselves dealing with the town's crooked, money-hungry Mayor.
While in search of a hot shower, McHale, Parker, Gruber, and Tinker are trapped by a German patrol behind enemy lines, and must masquerade as an Italian family in order to save themselves, as well as the Captain and Lieutenant Carpenter.
Binghamton angers the local Italians after forbidding their fraternization with Naval personnel, but must quickly make amends with them in order to please a certain VIP due soon for a visit. So he reluctantly allows McHale and the townsfolk to throw a big wedding bash for a young Italian woman, and her fiancée - a soldier in the Italian Army.
During his absence from the base against orders, McHale is spared an AWOL charge, with help from his Italian cousin who happens to bear a very strong family resemblance to his American counterpart.
Gruber and the guys find that there is money to be made in the lucrative German war souvenir market, and after they, McHale, and Colonel Harrigan are all captured by a German patrol during a souvenir-hunting trip to an off-limits town, Parker and Fuji collaborate on a clever plan to rescue their comrades.
After Binghamton throws Parker into the brig under several unfair charges, McHale and Mayor Lugatto must cooperate in a plan to turn the glory-hungry Binghamton into 'The Great Liberator', as part of a plan to get the Ensign out of the slammer.
After both Binghamton and Harrigan catch McHale and the guys having some unauthorized R&R in the home of an Italian Contessa, they have no choice but to go along with the plan of having Parker pose as the Contessa in order to try to fool General Bronson, and keep everyone out of trouble.
After General Bronson cracks down on wartime profiteering, Mayor Lugatto tricks McHale into going into the fishing business with him, a situation which quite unintentionally, works out for the good for McHale and the crew, but very much not-so-good for Binghamton and Lugatto.
Fed up with their less-than-pleasant accommodations, McHale and the guys move to an abandoned wine cellar and furnish it with some luxurious furniture found during a mission. But after first Binghamton, then Harrigan impound their furnishings for their own use, McHale and the guys must come up with a scheme to get it back and keep it.
Binghamton is determined to get hold of a stash of stolen rare wine for a gift to the General. Mayor Lugatto wants the wine for its cash value. McHale and the crew just want to see that it's returned to its rightful owners and to get back at the Germans who stole it in the first place.
Mayor Lugatto wants the town's opera house back in business, and McHale wants his crew out of jail. So they cooperate in a plan to accomplish both, by having Binghamton sing the lead in the opera company's season-opener, despite the Captain's painfully obvious lack of talent.
Binghamton throws Mayor Lugatto into jail pending impeachment proceedings for running a racket in the form of a 'Good Luck Fountain' in the town square. To get the Captain to let the Mayor out of jail and reopen the fountain, McHale and the guys must come up with a plan to convince Binghamton that 'The curse of Voltafiore' has befallen him.
After Colonel Harrigan cons Binghamton into moving the 73 Crew into town so that he can take over McHale's beach, McHale and Binghamton carry out similar, but conflicting plans to get back at the Colonel.
Binghamton has the evidence he needs to court martial McHale and the 73 crew and has summoned the Judge Advocate General to present it. McHale and the crew must then execute a very complicated plan to get Binghamton to reveal the whereabouts of the evidence, so that they can get rid of it before the JAG arrives.
After McHale defies Binghamton's orders and travels to a nearby town to attend his little cousin's birthday party, Binghamton tries to nail him on a desertion charge. But McHale manages to stay out of trouble when he and his look-alike Italian cousin, Giuseppe, assume each other's identities long enough to fool Binghamton and General Grayson.
Parker tries unsuccessfully, to set 3 young Italian thieves on the straight and narrow with some good old-fashioned Boy Scout training. But after McHale and the crew are arrested and jailed for the gang's crimes, the boys set out to help their Scoutmaster and his Crew, and wind up nailing Binghamton in the bargain.
Gruber and the guys find a way to both make and deliver their homemade liquor when they build a mobile distillery in an old fire engine. But their scheme goes sour when Binghamton confiscates the old engine for the new Voltafiore Volunteer Fire Department, formed as a part of his new civic improvement program.
Parker takes it on the lam after an accident with a machine gun has him thinking that he's killed the Captain. After the furious Binghamton orders an all-out search for Parker and offers a sizeable reward for his capture, McHale and the boys must first find him, then cook up a complicated plan to get him out of trouble.
After Binghamton arrests an AWOL WAC Corporal and jails her on suspicion of espionage, Parker must play the part of a WAC MP as part of McHale's plan to free her and reunite her with her boyfriend, before her unit ships out to North Africa.
Binghamton devises a scheme to make McHale and the 73 crew look bad in the eyes of a visiting Congresswoman. But, after McHale and the guys scheme their way out of the jam, Binghamton must then cooperate with them in order to get himself out of a tough situation with the Congresswoman, and get back at Harrigan at the same time.
When Binghamton loses $1000 of Navy money to an Italian con man for the construction of a new golf course, he enlists the aid of McHale and the 73 crew in not only getting the money back, but making a fool out of Colonel Harrigan as well.
After learning that German spies are operating in the area, Binghamton arrests McHale and Parker for espionage, thinking that they are working with a mischievous monkey who has stolen an important document.
A regulation-quoting lady Ensign tries to help McHale and the crew make some much-needed money by providing the participants for a beauty contest, and winds up helping them bag a German submarine in the bargain.
Thinking that McHale has been shipped out and fed up with the power-drunk Parker, Gruber, Virgil, Tinker, Christy, and Willy all put in for transfers. But when they find out that McHale's absence is only temporary, Parker and the crew must come up with a plan to get the Captain to tear up the transfer papers.
In the midst of the town's 500th anniversary celebration, Binghamton tries to arrange to have a visiting psychiatrist declare the 73 crew unfit for duty, forcing the newly-crowned 'King of The Festival' to come up with a plan to keep his crew together and turn the tables on the Captain.
During an attempt to impress a famous War Correspondent, Binghamton is taken prisoner by a German patrol who have disguised themselves as American Sailors. After Parker is also captured, McHale and the guys come to the rescue and wind up having their picture on the cover of a popular magazine.
McHale and the Crew have a jeep that needs an engine; A local race driver has an engine that needs a car; The Army wants to get hold of one of the Germans' new staff cars - And all 3 are accomplished during the town's annual Grand Prix auto race.
Concerned about Parker's unusual behavior, McHale and the guys investigate his situation, and are a bit shocked when they find that he's involved with a cute young thing named Angelina who happens to be in a family way.
A trigger-happy Italian Count challenges Parker to a duel, and while McHale and the guys try to help him out of the situation, Binghamton tries to use it as a way to get rid of both Parker and McHale.
A big-shot Washington Political Boss, with a reputation for turning war heroes into politicians, is about to pay a visit, and Binghamton must quickly change from a 'desk jockey', into a fearless, battle-hardened Commander in order to try to become the Boss's next project after the war.
The crew of PT 73 reunites after forty years and shares their memories of making the ABC television series "McHale's Navy" from 1962 to 1966.
In this full-length movie, the crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. Now they have to come up with a way to raise the money to pay off the winners.
The crew of PT-73 are in trouble again when Ensign Parker is mistaken for a pilot and gets shanghied into the Air Force.
In this updated big-screen version of the classic TV series, retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream and swimsuit calendars. He's brought out of retirement when his old nemesis turned the second best terrorist in the world, Major Vladikov, takes over the island of San Moreno and starts building a nuclear launch silo on it. With help from his old crew and hindrances from Captain Wallace B. Binghampton, who sank a cruise liner a while back, McHale tries to put Vladikov out of business.
