WWII U.S. Navy Documentary Film “Cleveland Class Light Cruiser “

WWII U.S. Navy Documentary Film “Cleveland Class Light Cruiser “

This WWII color film “Your Ship in Action” shows the construction and launch of a Cleveland class light cruiser USS Denver (CL-58). It was intended as an “industrial incentive” film, shown to the American public to raise money for the WWII war effort. The ship shows the Camden, New Jersey shipyard manned by Rosie the Riveter women war workers (1:29) circa 1942. At 2:35 a commissioning ceremony is shown with the ship being prepared for sea and future combat in the Pacific.