Checkfire! tells the story of the USS Truxton, an old four stack destroyer converted into an amphibious transport for the Pacific Island campaigns.Operating with newly built, more advanced destroyers, the Truxton is lightly armed with 3-inch, 50-cali...
Rising Through the Ranks of Nelson’s Navy
As a young seaman, Fergus Kilburnie’s bold courage and natural affinity with the ocean established him as the first Scotsman to serve as an officer in the British Navy. Along with his captain’s stripe...
The crew of an old U.S. Navy destroyer steaming toward a deadly battle in the Java Sea is the focus of this famous novel set at the outbreak of World War II as the Allies attempted to defend the Philippines and Dutch East Indies against superior J...