| Combat Command
by Frederick C. Sherman; Dutton 1950 Admiral Sherman was the captain of the U.S.S. Lexington CV 2 during the early days of the war in the Pacific following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was the last to leave the ship when it sank during the battle of Coral Sea on May 2, 1942 . Sherman became a group commanderi in the "fast carrier force", under Admiral Halsey, spending much of his time aboard the U.S.S. Essex while commanding Task Group 58.3. In Combat Command Sherman details the war in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the signing of the peace treaty in Tokyo Bay. |
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| Flat-Tops and Fledglings: A History of American Aircraft Carriers
by Gareth L. Pawlowski; Castle Books 1971 This book gives the description and history of each American aircraft carrier from the first, U.S.S. Langley CV-1 commissioned in 1922, through World War II and the Essex and Independent classes, to the nuclear powered carrier, the U.S.S. Chester W. Nimitz CVA-68. |
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| Essex-Class Carriers
by Alan Raven: United States Naval Institute 1988 This is the second of Raven's warship design histories. The book is a very detailed presentation of the Essex class carriers with 150 fine line drawings of the ships. It discusses the origin of the class, the designing process, the construction history, war time evaluations and modifications. Raven follows the Essex carriers as they evolved until their retirement from the fleet. |
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| The Essex Aircraft Carriers
by Andrew Faltum; The Nautical and Aviation Company of America 1996 Faltum provides a comprehensive operational history of the Essex class and depicts life aboard the aircraft carrier. The book includes technical data of and historical profiles on each of the ships in the class. |
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| U.S.S. Essex CV/CVA/CVS-9
Turner Publishing Company 1999 The book is a historical account of the U.S.S. Essex from commissioning in 1942 to being stricken from the Navy's list of ships on June 1, 1973. There are numerous photo of the ship and her crew. It includes many biographies of men who served aboard. |
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| Life and Death Aboard the U.S.S. Essex
by Richard Streb; Dorrance 1999 Streb's book focuses on the men who died during the kamikaze attack of November 25, 1944. There is an attempt to discover their personal stories. Various members of the crew during World War II give their recollections of life aboard the Essex and their feeling about the events surrounding the war in the Pacific. |
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| Typhoon: The Other Enemy
by Captain C. Raymond Calhoun; Naval Institute Press 1981 Calhoun commanded the destroyer U.S.S. Dewey DD-349 during the Pacific typhoon of December 1944. The Dewey met the full force of the typhoon and luckily survived while other destroyers in her class capsized and sank. It is a complete chronology of events and command mistakes which occurred during the storm. |
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| Well Done! An Aircraft Carrier in Battle Action
by Morris Markey; D. Appleton-Century Company 1950 Morris Markey was a war correspondent who spent two cruises on the Essex in 1943 and 1944. He describes the crew and their daily lives aboard ship during World War II. | |
| McCampbell's Heroes: The Story of the U.S. Navy's Most Celebrated Carrier Fighters of the Pacific War by Edwin Hoyt; Van Nostrand Reinhold Company 1983 David McCampbell was the most decorated fighter pilot in the Pacific during World War. He was the commander of Air Group 15 which operated from the U.S.S. Essex CV-9 from April through November of 1944. |
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| The Fast Carriers: The Forging of an Air Navy
by Clark G. Reynolds; Naval Institue Press 1992 Reynold's book is a frank in depth study of the U.S. Navy's transition from a battleship entered force to a carrier based navy. He follows the events and personalities which resulted in the creation of the multi-carrier task forces. The "fast carrier' task forces were most responsible for the destruction of the Imperial Navy and the ultimate defeat of Japanese during World War II. |
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| Guests of the Emperor
by James Darden III; Greenhouse Press, 2000 Guests of the Emperor is the fascinating story of Dick Darden, a young sailor who found imself embroiled in the battle to defend Wake Island at the outbreak of World War II. The Battle for Wake was one of the most famous sieges in American history, compared by many to the Alamo. Seriously wounded and taken prisoner, Dick spent the next forty-five months (the whole duration of war) at hard labor in the prison camps of Japan. Dick's story, vividly told by his son, describes his life, emphasizing the WW II experiences. |
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