Ghost of the Java Coast (Saga of the U.S.S. HOUSTON) World War II ~ Battle of Makassar ~ Sunda Strait

Title: Ghost of the Java Coast (Saga of the U.S.S. HOUSTON)

Author: Walter G. Winslow CDR., USN (RET)

Description: Stated 1st Edition. Blue leatherette boards with yellow lettering on spine. Map endpapers. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has closed tear to top edge of front panel; small chips to top fore-corners; rubbed along fore-edges; not price clipped. DJ in clear archival sleeve. Illustrations. xv, 184 pages. 9 x 6 inches.

An account of the U.S.S. Houston (CA-30), a Northampton-class heavy cruiser and flagship of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, in the South-West Pacifc theatre during World War II (1941-1942). Includes accounts of the Battle of the Makassar Strait, the Battle of the Java Sea, and the Battle of Sunda Strait.

The author, Commander Walter Gillespie Winslow (1912-1997), was transferred to the U.S.S. HOUSTON several months prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Following the sinking of the U.S.S. HOUSTON in the Battle of Sunda Strait, he was captured by the Japanese and spent three-and-a-half years as a POW.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Publisher: Coral Reef Publications
Place: Satellite Beach, Florida
Year: 1974

ISBN: 0914042009

Keywords: Battle of the Java Sea, World War II, WWII, naval operations, Pacific Theater, USS Houston, CA-30, Pacific campaign, Battle of the Flores Sea, Battle of Bali Sea, Battle of Makassar Strait, Battle of Sunda Strait, United States Navy, U.S. Asiatic Fleet,