Destroyers at War

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Battle of Eniwetok
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Peleliu
Battle of Saipan
Battle of Surigao Strait
Battle of Tinian
Battle off Samar
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father son admirals
four star admiral legacy
Greatest Generation account
island-hopping campaign
James L Holloway III
Leyte campaign 1944
Marianas Campaign
naval gunnery systems
Pacific destroyer warfare
Pacific Theater
Palua Campaign
Philippines Campaign
radar picket missions
Saipan Tinian Peleliu
shore bombardment Pacific
Surigao Strait battle
torpedo attack history
U.S. Navy
US Navy memoir WWII
USS Bennion
USS Bennion DD665
USS Ringgold
USS Ringgold DD500
USS Truxtun
USS West Virginia
World War II
Yamashiro sinking

Product details

  • ISBN 9781682473344
  • Weight: 571g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 01 May 2025
  • Publisher: Naval Institute Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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In Destroyers at War Adm. James L. Holloway III, the twentieth Chief of Naval Operations, recalls his early life and service on destroyers during the final campaigns of the Pacific War in World War II. As the assistant gunnery officer in USS Ringgold (DD 500) and the gun boss on USS Bennion (DD 665), he took part in shore bombardment and anti-air radar picket missions during the assaults on Saipan, Tinian, Peleliu, and Leyte. He provides detailed explanations of how gunnery systems worked on small combatants as well as gripping accounts of combat events, including the climactic battle of Surigao Strait—the last battleship-vs-battleship clash in history—where a Bennion torpedo scored a fatal blow against the Japanese battleship Yamashiro

This book also explores the relationship between Holloway and his father, James L. Holloway Jr.—the only father-son combination to serve on active duty as four-star admirals—and highlights the senior Holloway’s career as his son worked his way through the ranks. Holloway will be one of the last members of the Greatest Generation to publish a firsthand account of World War II.  

James L. Holloway III (1922–2019), USNA Class of 1942, served on destroyers during World War II. His service was a springboard to a long and storied career as an influential naval officer, culminating in his selection as Chief of Naval Operations and an appointment to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1974.  

David F. Winkler, USNR (Ret.), holds a PhD from American University. He is an adjunct professor with the U.S. Naval War College, staff historian with the Naval Historical Foundation, and the Charles Lindbergh Chair of Aerospace History at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. He is the author of several books, including America's First Aircraft Carrier: USS Langley and the Dawn of U.S. Naval Aviation (Naval Institute Press, 2024). He resides in Northern Virginia. 

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