I knew a lad who went to sea – a memoir
- The first South Pacific campaign: Pacific Fleet strategy, December 1941-June 1942 by John B Lundstrom
- The Destruction of Convoy Pq17 by David Irving
- The U.S. Merchant Marine at War, 1775-1945 by Bruce L. Felknor
- Patriots and Heroes: True Stories of the U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II, Vol. 2 by Gerald Reminick, Bill Harris (Editor)
- Sea war;: The story of the U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II by Felix Riesenberg
- The American heritage picture history of World War II, by C. L Sulzberger
- Heroes in Dungarees: The Story of the American Merchant Marine in World War II by John Bunker
- The Forgotten Heroes : The Heroic Story of the United States Merchant Marine by Brian Herbert
- An Army at Dawn : The War in Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy (The Liberation Trilogy, Vol 1) by Rick Atkinson
- The Naval War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943 by Jack Greene, Alessandro Massignani
- Blue Skies and Blood: The Battle of the Coral Sea by Edwin P. Hoyt
- The U-Boat War in the Caribbean by Gaylord T.M. Kelshall
- Canny Mr Glencannon by Guy Gilpatric
- The Glencannon omnibus: Including Scotch and water, Half-seas over, Three sheets in the wind by Guy Gilpatric
- Mr Glencannon Ignores the War by Guy Gilpatric
- Glencannon by Guy Gilpatric
- With Utmost Spirit: Allied Naval Operations In The Mediterranean, 1942-1945 by Barbara Brooks Tomblin
- Unsung Sailors: The Naval Armed Guard in World War II (Bluejacket Books) by Justin F. Gleichauf
An Improbable Naval Officer – a memoir
- Due to Enemy Action : The True World War II Story of the USS Eagle 56 by Stephen
- Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen
- The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna
- Left-Handed Monkey Wrench: Stories and Essays by Richard McKenna, Robert Shenk
- The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk