- How soon can we expect to dry-dock her?
- By the 17th, if a Jap sub doesn't spot the oil she's trailing and track her down.
6 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:24:16.964 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- A very wise precaution indeed. We will call it Operation K.
- Does anyone have any other thoughts?
- Yes.
- We can achieve a great victory, providing Nimitz and Halsey do exactly what you expect.
- It's the Yorktown we're worried about. She's more severely damaged than we thought.
- How soon can we expect to dry-dock her?
- By the 17th, if a Jap sub doesn't spot the oil she's trailing and track her down.
- Admiral Fletcher just radioed in his repair list.
- Call the yard commander, tell him I want every workman he can muster standing by to board her.
- That sharpshooter from Washington has just landed, sir. Be here in 30 minutes.
- Maddox? He's a goddamn scalp hunter.
[...]