{3203}{3293}Today you are full-fledged ensigns. {3297}{3390}Three months ago, you assembled here|from all walKs of life, - {3394}{3465}- field, f actory,|office and college. {3469}{3563}Each of you Knew|what the fighting was about. {3567}{3687}Each of you Knew that the American|way of life must be defended. {3691}{3851}From here on, your education|must continue in the school of war. {3855}{3937}As an ensign|in the United States Navy, - {3941}{4063}- you go down to the sea to fight in|the toughest conflict of all time. {4067}{4231}we Americans are confident that|you will serve the Navy with honour. {4235}{4299}Good lucK and good hunting. {4469}{4532}willie, over here! {4588}{4701}- Darling, I'm so proud of you.|- Congratulations, willie. {4705}{4779}I hope the Navy|maKes full use of your abilities. {4783}{4876}Perhaps I could help you|be placed somewhere else. {4945}{5007}Good lucK for now. {5011}{5116}Mother, I'll have to sKip your party|tonight. The fellas are celebrating. {5120}{5206}But the party's in your honour. {5210}{5324}Your friends will forgive you.|You can call them from the house. {5368}{5455}I'll see you at ten. {7804}{7868}May ... {7907}{7992}- You were wonderful.|- Your mother let you out? {7996}{8113}I had to be with her. I should|have told you yesterday. I'm sorry. {8117}{8280}- Get me a drinK, then we'll fight.|- Leo, two Scotch and waters. {8284}{8399}Let's not spoil the night.|I've only got a couple of days left. {8403}{8511}- I'm leaving Sunday.|- How do you expect me to feel? {8515}{8638}You left me standing there alone.|why couldn't I meet your mother? {8642}{8782}- There's a time for everything.|- I'm sure. {8910}{8988}To the most important woman|in your life ... Mom. {8992}{9103}- May, stop it.|- I'm sorry, willie. {9107}{9233}I didn't mean to ruin your evening.|I just bruise easily. {9237}{9307}what do we do to celebrate? {9311}{9443}we can go to the Fairmont ...|Or we don't have to go to a club. {9447}{9587}- Meaning what?|- I've only got 48 hours. {9591}{9693}- willie, don't.|- May, I love you. {9758}{9855}All right.|will you marry me? {9859}{9927}If there were more time ... {9931}{10010}I didn't expect you to. {10014}{10141}I forgot who I was. Just another|nightclub singer for a big weeKend. {10144}{10234}I don't want any more of it.|Not another minute. {10860}{10961}- Good lucK, Mr Keith.|- ThanKs, George. {10999}{11074}Goodbye, Mother. {11078}{11246}Cable me from Pearl Harbour.|Your ship's been in lots of battles. {11250}{11405}Do you have enough spending money?|You'd better taKe this extra $100. {11409}{11533}- Mother, please don't cry.|- You're all I have left. {11537}{11656}Promise me you'll be careful. Don't|volunteer or do anything dangerous. {11660}{11784}I won't. I promise.|Goodbye, sweetheart. {13471}{13578}Request permission|to come on board. {13635}{13785}- The Caine's a real beauty.|- The Caine is the inboard ship. {14186}{14254}This way, Keith. {14480}{14571}watch that enthusiasm.|This is the Caine. {14575}{14704}- I'm sorry, I lost my footing.|- This is Lieutenant Tom Keefer. {14708}{14833}Your orders. They transform|ex-civilians into men without minds. {14837}{14933}- I hate to do this to you.|- Gangway, lady with a baby! {15024}{15120}Meatball, Horrible,|picK up Mr Keith's gear. {15218}{15319}This is our executive officer,|Steve MaryK. {15323}{15409}Steve's the guy|who gets things done. {15413}{15500}Come on, let's meet the captain. {15771}{15859}- watch your feet, sir!|- Come on, Keith! {15863}{15995}It's a mistaKe scraping this ship.|The rust is Keeping the water out. {16177}{16270}- what do you want?|- He's here, sir. {16274}{16367}- Bring him in.|- In here, Keith. {16528}{16631}Captain DeVriess,|this is Ensign Keith. {16762}{16885}May I see your orders,|or are they a military secret? {16889}{16953}I'm sorry, sir. {17072}{17156}Princeton, 1941 ... {17160}{17267}Top five percent|in midshipman's school ... {17271}{17355}Pretty good bacKground,|pretty good record. {17393}{17544}- Disappointed it's a minesweeper?|- To be honest, yes, sir. {17548}{17686}- You saw yourself on a battleship?|- I had hoped that ... {17690}{17793}I only hope that|you're good enough for the Caine. {17797}{17954}- I'll try to be worthy of the job.|- The Caine is a beaten-up tub. {17958}{18104}After 18 months of combat, it taKes|24 hours a day to Keep her together. {18108}{18262}I don't thinK you understand.|You're in the junKyard navy. {18297}{18375}Steve, put in with Keefer|in Communications, - {18379}{18538}- and have Tom show this Princeton|Tiger and the other ensign the ship. {18584}{18635}And Keith ... {18639}{18734}Don't taKe it so hard.|war is hell. {18886}{18985}- Ensign Keith, Ensign Harding.|- My condolences. {18989}{19070}Let's get with it.|The USS Caine is a minesweeper. {19074}{19179}These paravanes carry sweep wires|off both sides of the ship. {19183}{19257}The wire saws the mine in two. {19261}{19371}we've been in combat a year and a|half, and we've never swept a mine. {19375}{19497}This ship was designed by geniuses|to be run by idiots. {19575}{19687}This is the engine room. To operate,|all you need is a monKey. {19691}{19830}99 percent of what we do is routine,|one percent requires intelligence. {19866}{20005}- That does it. Any more questions?|- where do we go to surrender? {20009}{20100}- It's not that easy.|- You don't liKe the Navy. {20104}{20205}Just one more thing to do.|Climb the mast. {20356}{20413}what for? {20417}{20541}A tour is from the Keel|to the foretop. That's the foretop. {20587}{20705}I'm very fond of my wife and Kid.|I'll probably never see them again. {21437}{21506}well done! {21510}{21587}- I'm glad he liKed it.|- Yeah. {21591}{21689}Keith, I'm gonna be sicK.|I'm sorry. {21693}{21817}Height bothers me.|Those poor sailors down there. {21821}{21959}- This is the only hat I've got.|- I have two others. {21963}{22032}That's darn cordial of you. {22207}{22287}what's Keeping you up there?|Lunch! {22443}{22543}- Excuse me, sir.|- It's all right. {22579}{22710}Now that you've studied the Caine|up close, do you liKe her better? {22759}{22854}- The tour was very interesting.|- Is the ship too messy for you? {22857}{22984}The question is,|"Is this mess a ship?" {23028}{23135}It's decent of you to join us.|I didn't thinK you had time. {23139}{23237}Even the greatest of|literary artists gets hungry. {23241}{23349}Pull up a chair, Tom, and|cast some pearls before the swine. {23353}{23490}I have to protect these fresh young|f aces from the captain's badgering. {23494}{23592}I'm just conducting|a one-man board of inquiry. {23596}{23699}I'm trying to find out if|Ensign Keith wants to stay on board. {23728}{23819}There is no escape from the Caine.|we are all doing penance. {23823}{23944}Sentenced to an outcast ship, manned|by outcasts, named after an outcast. {23948}{24045}- Here we go again.|- It's a f act. {24049}{24206}I've been trying for two years to be|relieved of command without lucK. {24210}{24344}But then ... I don't have|Ensign Keith's influence. {24348}{24432}I don't understand. {24436}{24571}I received this dispatch from|Admiral wards about an hour ago. {24575}{24707}"will request transfer to my staff|for Ensign willis Steward Keith." {24711}{24831}"Understand of course|needs of USS Caine have priority." {24835}{24977}- I didn't Know anything about this.|- Could be coincidence. {24981}{25062}Or someone pulling strings. {25066}{25221}what'll it be? The admiral's staff|or the hell of the Caine? {25259}{25360}- I don't Know.|- Do you want to fight a war? {25364}{25501}- He shouldn't have to decide here.|- A good officer would be able to. {25560}{25687}- Come on, we haven't got all day.|- well, sir ... {26014}{26109}- I'll stay on board, sir.|- That taKes care of that. {26112}{26180}You will live to regret this day. {26608}{26745}Sir, I spotted a Japanese aircraft|off the starboard bow. Angle 20. {26749}{26797}See him? {26801}{26937}If you stay ten years, you may learn|to tell an aircraft from a seagull. {27209}{27325}Man all stations|for minesweeping drill. {27329}{27398}Launch sweep gear. {27613}{27679}Port paravanes in the water. {27849}{27997}- That was a lousy performance.|- Stand by to stream starboard side. {28118}{28213}Retrieve sweep gear. {28544}{28615}Snap it up.|The Jones is beating us. {28673}{28788}- Stop the engines. Get me a line.|- The water's full of sharKs. {28836}{28924}- Stand by the line.|- Yes, sir. {29109}{29215}This dispatch just arrived. {29219}{29313}I'll taKe care of it right away. {29549}{29605}Haul away! {29934}{30037}Lead the line|outboard of everything. {30504}{30564}Report float recovered. {30639}{30707}The Jones never could beat us. {30711}{30827}You pooped out! we streamed three|minutes quicKer at Guadalcanal. {30861}{30947}You must love that guy|to do what you did for him. {30951}{31022}Go dry yourself, Keith. {31257}{31331}- Is that you, willie?|- Yeah. {31370}{31529}Didn't you go to Princeton? Maybe|I'll let you read some of my novel. {31533}{31626}- Your opinion might be valuable.|- ThanKs. {32108}{32237}Horrible,|picK up those orange peels. {32288}{32396}Meatball, laugh once more|and you're in trouble. {32651}{32789}Ensign Keith, report to|the captain's cabin. On the double. {32793}{32908}These 90-day wonders. They all|thinK they're five-star admirals. {33084}{33136}Come in. {33140}{33273}Three days ago, this ship received a|dispatch addressed to us for action. {33305}{33462}- Smitty says he gave it to you.|- Yes, sir. I forgot about it. {33465}{33554}- Did you decode the message?|- No, sir. {33557}{33663}- It's incredible stupidity ...|- I had it done for you. {33667}{33749}- That'll be all, Smitty.|- Yes, sir. {33798}{33852}Keith. {33856}{33986}Do you Know how serious misplacing|an action dispatch can be? {33990}{34050}I don't thinK you do. {34054}...
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