Assignment: Underwater
{{short description|American adventure television series from 1960 to 1961}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
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- Alec Compinsky
- Richard LaSalle
- Herman Stein
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 39
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| executive_producer = Frank De Felitta
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| camera = Single-camera
| runtime = 25 mins.
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| channel = Syndication (NTA Film Network)
| first_aired = {{Start date|1960|09|09}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1961|06|02}}
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Assignment: Underwater is an American adventure television series which aired in NTA Film Network syndication from 1960 to 1961.
Overview
The series stars prolific B-movie actor Bill Williams and Diane Mountford. Williams played Bill Greer, the skipper aboard a charter boat named The Lively Lady. Mountford played his daughter, Patty.McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. {{ISBN|0-14-024916-8}}.
The series was written and produced by Frank De Felitta for Liberty Enterprises and National Telefilm Associates.{{Citation needed |date=March 2023}}
Episodes
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| Title = The Hot Chihuaha
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|09|09}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Operation Betrayal
| DirectedBy = Edward Bernds
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|t=Peter Packer & Edward Bernds|s=Edward Bernds }}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|09|16}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = The Sea Cave
| DirectedBy = Paul Landres
| WrittenBy = Edward Bernds
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|09|23}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Panic Off Punta Banda
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|09|30}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = The Gun
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|10|07}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = The Coast Watcher
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|10|14}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Charlie Noble's Pearl
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|10|21}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Dead-Log Pickup
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|10|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = Decoy
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|11|04}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = A Matter of Honor
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|11|11}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = The Portrait
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|11|18}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = A Message to Mulligan
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|11|25}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = Troubled Waters
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|12|02}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| Title = Tension Below
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|12|09}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| Title = A Drop in the Ocean
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|12|16}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| Title = The Medal
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|12|23}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| Title = Odd Man Dies
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|12|30}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| Title = Nightmare Bay
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|01|06}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| Title = Affair in Tokyo
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|01|13}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| Title = The Key
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|01|20}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| Title = The Dam
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|01|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| Title = Boat Missing
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|02|03}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| Title = Killer Bait
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|02|10}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| Title = Journey to Death
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|02|17}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| Title = The Target
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|02|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| Title = Dead Weight
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|03|03}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| Title = Ghost Dive
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|03|10}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| Title = Swamp Light
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|03|17}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| Title = Ship Killer
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|03|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| Title = Gold Fever
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|03|31}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| Title = A Question of Degree
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|04|07}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| Title = Witness from the Dead
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|04|14}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| Title = Anchor Man
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|04|21}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| Title = The Secret of the Reef
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|04|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| Title = Rescue at Diamond Shoal
| DirectedBy = Steve Sekely
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|t=Elwood Ullman & Edward Bernds|s=Edward Bernds}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|05|05}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| Title = Ordeal at Forty Fathoms
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|05|12}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| Title = No Escape
| DirectedBy = Gene Fowler Jr.
| WrittenBy = Robert Bellem
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|05|19}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| Title = Partners in Death
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|05|26}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| Title = The Deadly Game
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|06|02}}
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See also
- {{annotated link|Sea Hunt|Sea Hunt}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0053482|title=Assignment: Underwater}}
Category:1960 American television series debuts
Category:1961 American television series endings
Category:American adventure television series
Category:1960s American drama television series
Category:Black-and-white American television shows
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
Category:Television series by CBS Studios
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