Operation Petticoat is an American sitcom that was based on the 1959 film by the same name.

[1] A submarine crew rescues a group of army nurses in the South Pacific in World War II and brings them aboard.

The submarine puts into dry dock for repainting, but a surprise attack while the repainting is incomplete forces the submarine to flee with the undercoat, which happens to be a shade of pink, not painted over.

The adventures of the pink submarine with a gaggle of young women on board constitute the rest of the series.

Initially starring John Astin as Lieutenant Commander Sherman, the role Cary Grant played in the 1959 film, the television series also cast Tony Curtis' daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, as Lieutenant Duran.