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Today only a select few know firsthand what it is like to feel their ship shudder from the blast of their own guns, watch enemy guns flash back, and see friendly ships erupt in flames. Russell Crenshaw is one of those few. His riveting account of the savage night battle for the Solomon Islands in early 1943 offers readers a unique insider's perspective from the decks of one of the destroyers that bore the brunt of the struggle. Russell Crenshaw was a gunnery officer on the USS Maury. His vivid, balanced, and detailed narrative includes the Battle of Tassafaronga in November 1942 and Vella Gulf in August 1943, actions that earned his warship a Presidential Unit Citation and sixteen battle stars. Crenshaw also discusses the impact of radar and voice radio, the shortcomings of U.S. torpedoes and gunfire, and the devastating effectiveness of Japan's super torpedo.

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""South Pacific Destroyer is a classic account of a very important period in U.S. Naval history. Russell Crenshaw knows the issues and the answers and provides an informed, dispassionate analysis. That's a rare quality and, for the World War II generation, getting rarer.""--Charles R. Haberlein Jr., Naval Historical Center

"""South Pacific Destroyer is a classic account of a very important period in U.S. Naval history. Russell Crenshaw knows the issues and the answers and provides an informed, dispassionate analysis. That's a rare quality and, for the World War II generation, getting rarer.""--Charles R. Haberlein Jr., Naval Historical Center"

South Pacific Destroyer is a classic account of a very important period in U.S. Naval history. Russell Crenshaw knows the issues and the answers and provides an informed, dispassionate analysis. That's a rare quality and, for the World War II generation, getting rarer. --Charles R. Haberlein Jr., Naval Historical Center

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Captain Russell Syndor Crenshaw Jr., USN (Ret.), is the author of Naval Shiphandling and lives in Drayden, MD.

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