Favorite WWII naval historical fiction

[BrucePowers]

Mine is The Good Shepherd by CS Forester - convoy escort during the battle of the Atlantic

Bruce

[Nomad]

War In The Pacific - Struggle Against Japan 1941 - 1945 [:D][:D] [ time to duck ] Well you did ask for fiction. [:)][8|]

[YankeeAirRat]

Away All boats- Dodson
In Harm's Way- Basset
Run Silent Run Deep - Beach
 
Those are the ones sitting on my shelf right now. There are others that I have read in the past and just can't remember the names off hand
 

[madflava13]

The Caine Mutiny

[Nomad]

ORIGINAL: madflava13

The Caine Mutiny

I thought that was a true story? [:(][&:][:D]

[philabos]

The Last Lieutenant by Gobbell - a fascinating read about what it was like to be a naval officer abandoned in the Philippines

[BrucePowers]

True, I did ask for fiction[:D]

I forgot about Run Silent Run Deep (I read it many, many, many years ago in high school). I still vote for Good Shepherd.

[tsimmonds]

Nicholas Monsarrat's The Cruel Sea

[BrucePowers]

Thanks guys. The reason I started this thread was to get some ideas for summer reading material. You have given me things to think about.

[Drex]

Didn't Forrester write the Hornblower series?

[RevRick]

Second that motion about "The Cruel Sea." One of the really great books about WWII at sea.

[RevRick]

ORIGINAL: Drex

Didn't Forrester write the Hornblower series?

Correct. He wrote both.

[John 3rd]

I have to agree with Run Silent, Run Deep...
 

[bradfordkay]

Here's a lesser known one... Alistair MacLean's "South by Java Head".

[Andy Mac]

Douglas Reeman "A ship must die"

[rockmedic109]

He also wrote Sink the Bismark which was fairly good.

He wrote numerous non-fiction naval books as well which, though well written, were a little dry and definately written for a different audience than his Hornblower series; Hornblower series being far more simple and easy to read than his non-fiction works.

ORIGINAL: RevRick

ORIGINAL: Drex

Didn't Forrester write the Hornblower series?

Correct. He wrote both.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Nomad

ORIGINAL: madflava13

The Caine Mutiny

I thought that was a true story? [:(][&:][:D]

[:D] [:D] [:D]

No - Herman Wouk (who served on a DMS, iirc) might be flattered about that, but it was definitely fiction.

[panda124c]

"Mr Roberts"

[RUPD3658]

Enemy at the Gates

[mlees]

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

Enemy at the Gates

Umm, where's the "naval" in thast fiction?[;)]