(1943) Cary Grant as Capt. Cassidy: "I hear Japanese sailors are happy to die for their emperor. A lot of them are going to be made very happy.

(1944) "It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil.

(1951) John Wayne as Lt. Commander Duke Gifford: "Chiefs have been taking care of this man's Navy for a long time. There's a lot of good sailors back there for him to take care of.

(1954) Jose Ferrer as Lt. Barney Greenwald: "From the beginning you hated the Navy. And then you thought up this whole idea and you managed to keep your shirts nice and starched and clean, even in the court martial. You'll publish your novel, you'll make a million bucks, you'll marry a big movie star, and for the rest of your life you'll live with your conscience, if you have any.

(1955) It’s not just a movie. It’s an adventure!

(1957) "How happy is the sailor's life, from coast to coast to roam. In every port he finds a wife, in every land a home.

(1957) "During this time of the year the slippery little creatures come up on the beach, stop, spawn, then go out to sea again. Sounds like some naval officers I know.

(1958) "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!

(1959) Alan Hale, Jr. as Lt. Pat Malone: "I've been an ensign for 15 years, and assistant communications and sound officer, the assistant to the assistant approach officer, the assistant engineering officer, the assistant diving officer, the assistant gunnery and torpedo officer, mess treasurer without assistant, and a cold hand poker player without peer!

(1962-1963) Quinton McHale (Ernest Borgnine) was commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve at the start of World War II. He was made the Skipper of PT Boat #73, stationed at the U.S. Naval Installation on the island of Taratupa.

(1964-1965) Capt. Binghamton: "Commander, how would you and your men like two weeks with nothing to do but play gin rummy, go surfing, have luaus with steel drum bands, dancing girls, hmm?" Commander McHale: "Two whole weeks? Woo hooo, oh that'd be a wonderful change sir. Yes sir." Capt. Binghamton: "Knock it off McHale. That's what you do every week!

This 4-DVD boxed set includes "The Enemy Below" (1957), "The Frogmen" (1951), "Sink The Bismarck!" (1960), and "Morituri" (1965).

(1968) Bob Hope wasn't in the Navy, but he did perform USO shows beginning in 1941, up to the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War. A 1997 act of Congress signed by President Clinton named Bob Hope an Honorary Veteran.

(1990) "I seen me a mermaid once. I even seen me a shark eat an octopus. But I ain't never seen no phantom Russian submarine.

(1990) "Add the number of times we dive to the number of times we surface. Divide that number by two. If the result doesn't come out even, don't open the hatch.

(1995) Gene Hackman as Captain Ramsey: "They gave me my command, a checklist, a target and a button to push. All I had to know was how to push it, and they'd tell me when.

(1997) "Captain, with all due respect, are you NUTS?

(2000) Cuba Gooding as Chief Carl Brashear: "The Navy isn't a business. It's an organization of people who represent the finest aspects of our nation. We have many traditions. In my career, I have encountered most of them. Some are good, some not so good. I would, however not be here today were it not for our greatest tradition of all. Honor, sir.

The history of the U.S. Navy can roughly be divided into three eras. The Continental Period: 1775-1890 The Oceanic Period: 1890-1945 The Transoceanic Period: 1945-present

This book includes true tales of service and sacrifice, from John Paul Jones’s famous address in 1779 — "I have not yet begun to fight!" — to the Naval personnel who patrol in the Persian Gulf.