Yankee Buccaneer
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- 1952
- 86 min
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Rendezvous ship Essex sighted.
She flies the Navy pennant.
Sound the three-gun
recognition salute.
Aye, aye, sir.
Mr. Farragut.
Yes, sir.
This is your end
of the line.
l don't know what the
Navy wants you to do,
but good luck
in your missin.
We'll do the best
we can, sir.
you. Surplus rations to follow.
Whatever's in store for them, they'll
need a little comfort, poor devils.
Like music to me ears,
Captain, singing a little song.
''Link, you're going home.' '
now. ''Link, you're going home.' '
They finally sent relief. l
thought they'd forgotten us.
Not the Navy, sir.
They might misplace a ship now and then,
but they never lose one permanent-like.
Have all hands report to service
quarters. They'll be boarding us soon.
Aye, aye, sir.
Can l start the scuttlebutt,
Yes, Mr. Link,
start the scuttlebutt.
NARRATOR/ Latitude 14 degrees
north, 74 degrees west.
The middIe of the
Caribbean Sea,
named David Farragut
who is destined to pIay an important part
in one of the strangest stories ever toId
OFFlCER:
Starboard watch,inward turn!
Why, it's
Midshipman Farragut.
Lieutenant David
Farragut reporting, sir,
with new orders for the
captain of the Essex.
Carry on with your
orders, Mr. Farragut.
that the Navy Department
gives the ship's complement
the choice of staying aboard or
transferring to the Lexington.
We've been in these
waters a year now.
l was under the impressin
we were setting sail for home.
lf such members of the
complement are transferred,
it's to be within
the next hour.
May l ask what this
missin calls for?
Here, sir.
To be opened eight hours after sail
has been set from the rendezvous.
The necessary cargoes
are alongside in the boats.
That's all they said?
ship and sending it back?
These men need a rest.
As an officer, l just
carry out my orders, sir.
l learned that
as a midshipman.
You had a lot to learn as
a midshipman, Mr. Farragut.
You've more to learn now
that you've been commissioned.
Pity l can't continue
teaching you.
Men,
the news l bring you now
will not sit lightly.
The Essex is not
going home.
lnstead, we've been ordered on
a missin so
filled with risk
this ship is voluntary.
All men wishing to
transfer to the Lexington,
step forward one pace.
You seem to have
lost your command, sir.
lt's only fair to
tell you, men,
rumor has it that the Lexington
is not returning to the States
but continuing to Africa
for extended service
against the slave traders.
But, Captain...
Something you didn't learn
as a midshipman, Mr. Farragut,
a ship can't sail
without a crew.
Now go back and tell your
captain we're pulling under way.
l'm to remain aboard the Essex
as your executive officer, sir.
A ship this size doesn't need
any added commissioned personnel.
Orders from the Navy Department
because of the nature of the missin.
l trust you will find time to
continue your teaching, sir.
Secret missin to who knows where, a
homesick crew with a year's service,
and a new square-pants executive
officer from Washington.
Very well.
Stand by to make sail.
Good evening,
Mr. Link.
Keep steady your course.
l'll be back shortly.
What course? With them
new provisions aboard,
we can sail on for a year
from anywhere to nowhere
and back again.
Just keep your
course, mate.
As long as your keel ain't run aground,
you ain't got no cause for complaint.
Well, Davey, me lad,
you sure have grown.
Lieutenant Farragut,
Mr. Link.
Can't you
recognize an officer?
Brass buttons
and all.
Seems like only yesterday you
was a squirt of a midshipman
l was fetching
out of the drink.
For which l'll
always be grateful.
Well, petty officers
must be getting scarce.
l see they've
made you a chief.
About the time the Captain
got command of this ship.
We're all up in the service
these days, Davey-lad.
l expected him to be
an admiral by now.
He's got what it takes, all
right. All guts and no heart.
Ain't no sense in keeping
that grudge forever.
As an instructor, it was his
job to chew midshipmen off,
and just between us two,
you gave him plenty of cause.
When a man's religion is the
book of naval regulations,
he's gotta be
sour inside,
and our captain's a
very sour man, Mr. Link.
You're wrong, Davey.
He lives by the book, sure,
of line with the men yet.
You know what, Link? l'm
just waiting for the day.
What day?
When he takes that one big step,
when he makes one move from here.
l'll bet a year's pay
that day never comes.
Well, now, then maybe l could
offer a suggestion or two,
for better officer
relations, mind you.
What l mean is, if l knew what
we was up to on this cruise...
The orders are sealed. You and
the men will know when we do.
Mr. Farragut, l'd like
to see you below, sir.
Aye, aye, sir.
One more thing,
Davey-lad.
The Lexington, she really wasn't
going to service in Africa?
lt's like the Captain
said, Mr. Link.
He's commissioned, all right.
He's even lying like an officer.
Come in, Mr. Farragut.
Sit down, sir.
Thank you, sir.
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