The word scuttlebutt is slang for "water-cooler gossip" among sailors. Scuttlebutt Pete is a dredger and a notorious gossip - hence his name. Career features the "Nightclub" for war news, scuttlebutt, and viewing the tonnage board. Tinker tries to impress and win over fickle Nurse Betsy Gordonlove (Barbara Werle) in "Scuttlebutt". The deckhouse also included a small arms locker, scuttlebutt, a small desk and head. He played the villainous Scuttlebutt in "". The show's TV set was dubbed "Scuttlebutt Lodge, the Tall Tale Capital of the World".