Shipmates Forever is a 1935 American musical film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Delmer Daves.

[1][2] Powell, Keeler, Alexander and Arledge combined previously with Borzage and Daves under similar circumstances of plot and character in Flirtation Walk, a film about the United States Military Academy, the year before.

Dick Melville (Powell) and June Blackburn (Keeler) meet during a naval review in New York Harbor.

Dick's roommates are "Sparks" Brown (Alexander), a radio operator from the South; "Coxswain" Lawrence (Arledge), a sailor appointed from the fleet; and "Cowboy" Lincoln (Acuff), from the West.

During Dick's final summer cruise, Coxswain is one of the ship's crew and proudly informs his former roommates that he has been accepted for readmission to the academy.