
Destroyer
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.
Director William A. Seiter
Trailer
Cast

Roger Clark
Chief Engineer

Eddie Dew
Survivor

John Tyrrell
Marine

Regis Toomey
Lt. Cmdr. Clark

Lynton Brent
Doctor

Robert McKenzie
Justice of the Peace

Charles D. Brown
Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty

Eddy Waller
Marty, a riveter

Lloyd Bridges
2nd Fireman (uncredited)

Leo Gorcey
Seaman Sarecky

Charles McGraw
Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)

Mauritz Hugo
Survivor

Charles Sherlock
Chief Machinist's Mate

Kenneth MacDonald
Admiral (Clark's CO)

Marguerite Chapman
Mary Boleslavski

Bobby Jordan
Sobbing Sailor

Benson Fong
Japanese Sonar Man

Shirley Patterson
Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)

George Magrill
Marine

Tristram Coffin
Doctor #1 (uncredited)

Stanley Brown
Marine / Fireman

Edward G. Robinson
Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski

Edward Brophy
Engineer Casey

Curt Bois
Swab with large nose

Lester Dorr
1st Ship Fitter

Virginia Sale
Kansas' Dance Partner

Dale Van Sickel
Sailor

Edgar Buchanan
Kansas Jackson

Eddie Hall
Austin (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler
Chief Gunner's Mate

John Merton
Chief Quartermaster

Addison Richards
Ship Building Foreman

Pierre Watkin
Admiral

Milburn Stone
Radioman (uncredited)

Larry Parks
Ens. Johnson (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley
Postman

Dorothy Vernon
Justice of the Peace's Wife

Dennis Moore
Communications Officer (uncredited)

Gene Rizzi
Survivor (uncredited)

Mickey Rentschler
J.V. Talker

Ronald R. Rondell
Survivor

Warren Ashe
Lt. Bert Marton

Dean Benton
Moore

Al Hill
Knife-Eating Sailor

Frank Melton
Doctor

Gertrude Messinger
Girl

Bud Geary
2nd Ship Fitter (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb
1st Workman

Glenn Ford
Mickey Donohue

Cliff Clark
Commandant

Richard Loo
Japanese Submarine Commander

David Holt
Sobbing Sailor