Dark nights, deadly waters : American PT boats at Guadalcanal /Keith Warren Lloyd.

"Dark Nights, Deadly Waters tells the story of the first PT boats deployed to the fetid and malarial island of Tulagi, in the desperate early days of America's 'island hopping' campaign across the Pacific. Using a gritty and evocative narrative style - citing first-hand accounts, after-action reports, and official navy documents - author Keith Warren Lloyd describes in vivid detail the austere conditions under which the sailors lived and worked, and the highly dangerous noctural missions they performed."--