Books we should have been reading rather that those other things....!

Destroyer: The Sullivans (Anatomy of the Ship)
by Al Ross
Publisher: Naval Inst Pr; (May 1, 1988)
ISBN: 0870216171

U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, Revised Edition
by Norman Friedman
Naval Institute Press; Revised edition (April 30, 2003)
ISBN: 1557504423 | All Editions

Fletcher Class Destroyers (Warship Design Histories)
by Alan Raven
Naval Inst Pr; (October 1, 1986)
ASIN: 0870211935

Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia
by M. J. Whitley
Naval Institute Press; (March 31, 2000)
ISBN: 0870213261

South Pacific Destroyer: The Battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to Vella Gulf
by Russell Sydnor Crenshaw
Naval Institute Press; (September 1, 1998)
ISBN: 155750136X

Destroyer: An Anthology of First-Hand Accounts by Those Who Served on the B- and C-Class
Destroyers in the Second World War
Naval Institute Press; (December 3, 2003)
ISBN: 0851779476

Delilah: A Novel about a U.S. Navy Destroyer and the Epic Struggles of Her Crew
by Marcus Goodrich
The Lyons Press; 1.00 edition (September 1, 2000)
ISBN: 1585741299

Tiger Cruise
by Douglas Morgan
Forge; 1st ed edition (December 1, 2000)
ASIN: 0312870426

Destroyers (Land and Sea)
by Michael Green
Capstone Press; (January 1, 1999)
ISBN: 0736800417 | All Editions

Destroyers
by Antony Preston
Prentice Hall Trade; 1st U.S. ed edition (January 1, 1978)
ASIN: 0132021277

USS John A. Bole : An Anecdotal History
by James E. Alexander
Macedon Production Company; (March 1, 2000)
ISBN: 0939965151

Fletcher DD's in Action (Warships, No 8)
by Jerry Scutts
Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc.; (May 1, 1995)
ISBN: 0897473361

The Destroyer Campbeltown (Anatomy of the Ship Series)
by Al Ross
Naval Inst Pr; (July 1, 1990)
ASIN: 1557507252

Destroyers for Great Britain: A History of 50 Town Class Ships Transferred from the United States to Great Britain in 1940 (Hopewell DD-181)
by Arnold Hague
Naval Inst Pr; Rev & Expanded edition (November 1, 1990)
ASIN: 0870217828

Sailing through history with the USS Barry : a discovery-based learning experience (SuDoc D 201.2:H 62/5)
by U.S. Dept of Defense
Navy Dept.; (1998)
ASIN: B00010WHPK

Sumner-Gearing-Class Destroyers: Their Design, Weapons, and Equipment
by Robert F. Sumrall
Naval Inst Pr; (July 1, 1995)
ASIN: 1557507864

"The Oldest and the best" decommissioning :

United States Ship Prairie, March 26, 1993, Long Beach, California (SuDoc D 201.2:P 88)
by U.S. Dept of Defense
Dept. of Navy; (1993)
ASIN: B00010EQ4U

Destroyers (SuDoc D 201.39:D 47/2)
by Matthew D. Hofstedt
Navy & Marine Corps WWII Commemorative Committee, Navy Office of Information; (1994)
ASIN: B00010LA6C

Destroyer Skipper : A Memoir of Command at Sea
by DON SHEPARD
Presidio Press; (June 1, 1996)
ASIN: 0891415556

Destroyers (Sea Power Library)
by Max Walmer
Rourke Pub Group; (September 1, 1989)
ASIN: 0866250816

Destroyers: Foxes of the Sea,
by Edwin Palmer. Hoyt
Little Brown & Company; (January 1969)
ASIN: 0316376698

Electronic Greyhounds: The Spruance-Class Destroyers
by Michael C., Capt. Potter
Naval Inst Pr; (August 1, 1995)
ISBN: 1557506825

History of the USS Kidd (Dd661 and the Fletcher Class Destroyers)
by Larry W. Wolfe, Turner Pub Co Staff, Lisa J. Wolfe, Kelly O'Hara
Turner Pub Co; Limited ed edition (December 1, 1991)
ISBN: 1563110393

Blood on the Sea: American Destroyers Lost in World War II
by Robert Sinclair Parkin
DaCapo Press; (January 1, 1996)
ASIN: 1885119178

United States Navy Destroyers of World War II
by Reilly
Sterling Pub Co Inc; (August 1, 1983)
ASIN: 9994645285

Destroyers and Frigates
by Christopher Chant
Brassey's Inc; (August 1, 1994)
ASIN: 0080407145

Tin Can Man
by E.J. Jernigan
Vandamere Press; (December 1, 1993)
ISBN: 0918339235

To War in a Tin Can: A Memoir of World War II Aboard a Destroyer
by James H. Patric
McFarland & Company; (May 2004)
ISBN: 0786417803

Action Tonight
By Horan, James David, 1914-
Imprint New York, G. P. Putnam's sons [1945]

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