- Adm. Tennant: [Exiting engine room] I've never seen anything like it in my whole life!
- Ryan: We keep it running, sir.
- Adm. Tennant: Yeah, Yeah, you can also hang upside-down with your belt from a doorknob and kick the transom open with your feet, but I don't recommend it Chief.
- Ens. Anthony 'Tony' Barbo: Sir, I haven't got a degree in engineering!
- Cmdr. W. R. Reynolds: Then you better pay close attention.
- Lt. John W. Harkness: Say, where's the bosun? That towline doesn't look so secure to me.
- Lt. Bill Barron: He is locked in his quarters Skipper. He won't come out.
- Lt. John W. Harkness: He won't come out? What is this?
- Lt. Bill Barron: That's the Roanoke, Skipper, it's his old ship.
- Lt. John W. Harkness: Well, I don't blame him. I wonder if he's got room down there for one more.