Destroyers adn Destroyermen Author:Brock Yates In United States naval history there is no more colorful type of ship than the fast and agile destroyer --- a terrier of the sea, ready and eager to take on anything from a U-boat to an enemy flattop. Here is the story of the destroyer from its torpedo-boat beginnings in Civil War days to atomic-powered missile-launching types. There are excit... more »ing action stories of World Wars I and II and of heroic peacetime rescue operations. The major mission of the destroyer, anti-submarine warfare is treated in detail. There is also a fascinating chapter on what life is like aboard a modern destroyer. The history of our destroyer navy is a long and thrilling one. Destroyers and Destroyermen takes you to sea on these magnificent little ships to relive some of their most memorable moments of glory.« less