The latest edition of this work has been brought to publication with the generous assistance of Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest.

Naval Institute Press

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© 1982 by Walter G. Winslow

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher.

Third printing hardcover, 1989

First Bluejacket Books printing, 1994

ISBN 978-1-61251-293-8 (eBook)

The Library of Congress has cataloged the paperback edition as follows:

Winslow, Walter G., 1912–

The fleet the gods forgot.

Bibliography: p.

Includes index.

1. World War, 1939–1945—Naval operations, American. 2. United States. Navy, Asiatic Fleet—History. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Pacific Ocean. I. Title.

D767.W5                             940.54’5973                81-85442

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