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.
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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)
Tris 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)
Frank Beckford as Yeoman
Dean Benton as Moore
Lynton Brent as Doctor
Roy Brent as Sailor
Stanley Brown as Marine / Fireman
George Bruggeman as Cook
Alma Carroll as Sailor's Girl Friend
Eddy Chandler as Chief Gunner's Mate
Edmund Cobb as 1st Workman
Eddie Coke as Storekeeper
Eleanor Counts as Sarecky's Girl
Roy Darmour as Pharmacist's Mate
Eddie Dew as Survivor
Lester Dorr as 1st Ship Fitter
John Estes as Helmsman
Jerry Franks Jr. as Pharmacist's Mate / Bridge Talker
Jack Gardner as Sailor
Lloyd Hanson as Collins
Al Hill as Knife-Eating Sailor
David Holt as Sobbing Sailor
Bobby Jordan as Sobbing Sailor
David S. Horsley as Thomas
Mauritz Hugo as Survivor
Stephen Keyes as Seaman Guard
George Magrill as Marine
Don McGill as Survivor
Robert McKenzie as Justice of the Peace
David McKim as Signalman
Frank Melton as Doctor
John Merton as Chief Quartermaster
Gertrude Messinger as Girl
Bob Milton as J.V. Talker
Pat O'Malley as Postman
Paul Perry as Doctor
Don Peters as Helmsman
Neil Reagan as Lt. J.C. Randolph
Mickey Rentschler as J.V. Talker
Addison Richards as Ship Building Foreman
Ronald R. Rondell as Survivor
Clark Ross as Pharmacist's Mate
Virginia Sale as Kansas' Dance Partner
Charles Sherlock as Chief Machinist's Mate
George Sherwood as Workman
Mel Shubert as James
John Tyrrell as Marine
Dale Van Sickel as Sailor
Dorothy Vernon as Justice of the Peace's Wife
Pierre Watkin as Admiral
Frank Wayne as Pharmacist's Mate
Craig Woods as Bigbee
Billy Young as Storekeeper
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