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You'll Always Remember . . . And Never Forget . . . Destroyer

Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.

1943-08-19
en
Cast
Director
William A. Seiter
Edward G. Robinson as Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski
Glenn Ford as Mickey Donohue
Edgar Buchanan as Kansas Jackson
Marguerite Chapman as Mary Boleslavski
Regis Toomey as Lt. Cmdr. Clark
Warren Ashe as Lt. Bert Marton
Leo Gorcey as Seaman Sarecky
Edward Brophy as Engineer Casey
Eddy Waller as Marty, a riveter
Roger Clark as Chief Engineer
Curt Bois as Swab with large nose
Kenneth MacDonald as Admiral (Clark's CO)
Charles D. Brown as Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty
Cliff Clark as Commandant
Richard Loo as Japanese Submarine Commander
Benson Fong as Japanese Sonar Man
Lloyd Bridges as 2nd Fireman (uncredited)
Tristram Coffin as Doctor #1 (uncredited)
Bud Geary as 2nd Ship Fitter (uncredited)
Eddie Hall as Austin (uncredited)
Charles McGraw as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Milburn Stone as Radioman (uncredited)
Dennis Moore as Communications Officer (uncredited)
Larry Parks as Ens. Johnson (uncredited)
Shirley Patterson as Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)
Gene Rizzi as Survivor (uncredited)
Dean Benton as Moore
Lynton Brent as Doctor
Stanley Brown as Marine / Fireman
Eddy Chandler as Chief Gunner's Mate
Edmund Cobb as 1st Workman
Eddie Dew as Survivor
Lester Dorr as 1st Ship Fitter
Al Hill as Knife-Eating Sailor
David Holt as Sobbing Sailor
Bobby Jordan as Sobbing Sailor
Mauritz Hugo as Survivor
George Magrill as Marine
Robert McKenzie as Justice of the Peace
Frank Melton as Doctor
John Merton as Chief Quartermaster
Gertrude Messinger as Girl
Pat O'Malley as Postman
Mickey Rentschler as J.V. Talker
Addison Richards as Ship Building Foreman
Ronald R. Rondell as Survivor
Virginia Sale as Kansas' Dance Partner
Charles Sherlock as Chief Machinist's Mate
John Tyrrell as Marine
Dale Van Sickel as Sailor
Dorothy Vernon as Justice of the Peace's Wife
Pierre Watkin as Admiral