Shipwrecks in the Philippine Sea  (English, Paperback, Source Wikipedia)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: USS Johnston, USS Hoel, USS Gambier Bay, USS Snook, USS Monaghan, USS Booth, USS St. Lo, Japanese destroyer Asagumo, Japanese cruiser Maya, Japanese destroyer Kamikaze, USS Spence, Japanese submarine I-8, USS Hull, USS Ward, USS Longshaw, USS Mahan, USS Abner Read, Japanese destroyer Yamakaze, Japanese torpedo boat Tomozuru, Japanese destroyer Minekaze, USS Frank E. Evans, USS Pillsbury, BRP Datu Kalantiaw, USS Reid, USS Pledge, USS Magpie, USS Napa, Lady Washington, USS Finch, Japanese destroyer Shimakaze, Japanese cruiser Akashi, USS LST-568, USS Cooper, USS Pirate, USS LSM-135, HMS Providence, Japanese destroyer Akizuki, Japanese destroyer Naganami, Japanese destroyer Nowaki, USS Extractor, Japanese destroyer Akigumo, Japanese destroyer Kazagumo, Japanese destroyer Hamanami, Japanese destroyer Kishinami, Japanese destroyer Okinami. Excerpt: USS Johnston (DD-557) was a World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named after Lieutenant John V. Johnston. The ship was most famous for its bold action in the Battle off Samar. The small tincan destroyer armed with nothing larger than 5 in (130 mm) guns and torpedoes would lead the attack of a handful of light ships which had inadvertently been left unprotected in the path of a massive Japanese fleet led by battleships and cruisers. The sacrifices of Johnston and her little escort carrier task unit Taffy 3 had stopped Admiral Kurita's powerful Center Force in the Battle off Samar from attacking vulnerable U.S. landing forces, and inflicted greater losses than they suffered. Johnston was laid down on 6 May 1942 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Washington; launched on 25 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Marie S. Klinger, great-niece of her namesake; and commissioned on 27 October 1943, L...