War at Sea #39

Tad Moraine arrives in the Navy as an outsider—ridiculed by his shipmates and at odds with the brass—but proves himself as a natural gunner despite his refusal to follow regulations. When a sympathetic chief officer encourages him to aim higher, Moraine transforms his rebellious streak into ambition, earning a commission as an ensign and drawing an assignment to a destroyer escort in the Caribbean. Now wearing the uniform he once scorned, Moraine must prove he can take orders and lead men, even as his instincts clash with his commanding officer's judgment during a fateful encounter on patrol.

In the brutal heat of Guadalcanal, with supplies dwindling and enemy forces swelling, a lone U.S. submarine and an aging destroyer take desperate action to slow the relentless Japanese reinforcement fleet. This gripping tale of courage and ingenuity unfolds as two undermanned ships face an overwhelming tide of warships in the Pacific.

When a PT boat crewman named Jake Hatton is thrown overboard during a mission, he’s presumed lost—until his desperate swim through the dark waters reveals a hidden network of German gun emplacements in a occupied French harbor. His survival becomes a lifeline not just for himself, but for the crew who return to search for the man they thought they’d left behind.

Lt. Johnny Barnett faces a harsh consequence for defying orders to save a fellow sailor—command of a stranded LST, crewed by a ragtag group of misfits. With Captain Leeds watching closely and Ensign William Gudge, the Executive Officer of LST 814, at his side, Barnett must prove he’s more than just a reckless hero.