On the hit 1960s television sitcom "Gilligan's Island," the S.S. Minnow is a fictional charter boat that was used to take passengers on a "three-hour tour" around the Honolulu, Hawaii area. Because of a harsh storm, the Minnow ran into very bad luck.

The ship ran aground on the shore of "an uncharted desert isle" (in the south Pacific Ocean), setting the stage for the popular TV sit-com. The crew of two were the skipper (Jonas Grumby) and his first mate (Gilligan). There were five passengers, the millionaire Thurston Howell III, his wife Lovey Howell, movie star Ginger Grant, professor Roy Hinkley, and farm girl Mary Ann Summers.

The shipwreck was first seen in the season 1, episode "Two on a Raft", which begins with the crew and passengers awaking on the ship. The shipwreck members don't have the best luck! "Gilligan's Island" was not renewed for a fourth season because CBS had to make room of the 1955 - 1975 TV show "Gunsmoke" in its line-up.

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