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.
Elenco: Edward G. Robinson , Glenn Ford , Marguerite Chapman , Edgar Buchanan , Leo Gorcey , Regis Toomey , Edward Brophy , Warren Ashe , Lloyd Bridges , Tris Coffin , Benson Fong , Bud Geary , Eddie Hall , Charles McGraw , Milburn Stone , Dennis Moore , Larry Parks , Shirley Patterson , Gene Rizzi , Eddy Waller , Frank Beckford , Dean Benton , Curt Bois , Lynton Brent , Roy Brent , Charles D. Brown , Stanley Brown , George Bruggeman , Alma Carroll , Eddy Chandler , Cliff Clark , Roger Clark , Edmund Cobb , Eddie Coke , Eleanor Counts , Roy Darmour , Eddie Dew , Lester Dorr , John Estes , Jerry Franks Jr. , Jack Gardner , Lloyd Hanson , Al Hill , David Holt , David S. Horsley , Mauritz Hugo , Bobby Jordan , Stephen Keyes , Richard Loo , Kenneth MacDonald , George Magrill , Don McGill , Robert McKenzie , David McKim , Frank Melton , John Merton , Gertrude Messinger , Bob Milton , Pat O'Malley , Paul Perry , Don Peters , Neil Reagan , Mickey Rentschler , Addison Richards , Ronald R. Rondell , Clark Ross , Virginia Sale , Charles Sherlock , George Sherwood , Mel Shubert , John Tyrrell , Dale van Sickel , Dorothy Vernon , Pierre Watkin , Frank Wayne , Craig Woods , Billy Young .