James D. Hornfischer

Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors (2006)

The USS Houston was a personal favorite of FDR. He was a VIP passenger on her many times before World War II. Assigned to the Asiatic Station at the outbreak of the war, the Houston was part of an ill fated mixed force of Australian, British, Dutch & American (ABDA) ships defending Java and other...