# " YOUR SHIP IN ACTION " CLEVELAND CLASS LIGHT CRUISER WWII COLOR DOCUMENTARY FILM 20364

Presented by the U.S. Navy, this WWII-era color film "Your Ship in Action" shows the construction and launch of a Cleveland class light cruiser, USS Denver (CL-58), as well as one of the ship’s missions in the Pacific. Produced by the U.S. Naval Photographic Science Laboratory for the Industrial Incentive Division, this film was shown to the American public as a means to raise money for the WWII war effort. The film takes the viewer through the “life” of the ship from its construction to its deployment in battle against the Japanese in the Pacific. USS Denver (CL-58) was a Cleveland-class light cruiser that launched on 4 April 1942 by New York Shipbuilding Corp. of Camden, New Jersey and was commissioned on 15 October 1942 with Captain Robert Carney in command. Film opens, opening credits, title page U.S. Navy seal (0:06). USS Denver (CL-58) in open water (0:33). Camera pans Camden Shipyard populated by industrial cranes where USS Denver first built in 1942 (1:00). Shipyard employees and builders use crane to swing first keel plate of ship into place, early stages of ship building (1:19). Iron welder working on ship revealed to be "Rosie the Riveter" women war worker (1:26). Time-lapse of ship being constructed and launched at completion (1:33). Sea of servicemen in “Full Dress Whites” for commissioning ceremony (2:11). USS Denver (CL-58) brought into loading dock, prepared for sea and future combat in the Pacific by taking on stores for long journeys ahead (2:38). Star…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: War, Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/20364YourShipInAction)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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