The first successful dramatic series based on Department of Defense records was Navy Log, which aired on CBS and then ABC from 1955 to 1958.Producer Sam Gallu served on an aircraft carrier for two years during WWII before becoming a member of an Admiral’s staff on Formosa.
This is the pilot episode of the show “Pirate and the Pledge”.
Plot: Frogmen aboard a United States submarine in the Sea of Japan are ordered to scuttle two sunken American mine sweeping ships called The Pirate and The Pledge before the Red Chinese can salvage them for their top secret electronics.
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