[Afterguard]

If you want to read a superb book on the USS Houston, read “Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR’s Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors” by James Hornfischer. Actually, I recommend all of his WWII books. They are simply unparalleled in their historical content and superbly well written.

(Just my $.02)

[Rummyfan]

Thanks I have already read it .... and it was a great story.

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They also Winslow, W. G. The Fleet the Gods Forgot: The U.S. Asiatic Fleet in World War II from 1982.

South to Java by William P. Mack is a week written fictional treatment of the same subject from the perspective is a four-stack destroyer crew.