I selected up this publication because my grandfather was a WWII destroyer sailor (DD-727 USS DeHaven II, not the Sterret), and I liked to get a sense of what the war should have been like for him. I believe this publication does an very good job of this and "Cal" Calhoun has to be commended for dragging together the article of this destroyer.
Of course the publication pursues one specific destroyer but it focuses on the every day life of the sailors and officers, giving you a good notion of what their working lives and ...