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Clash of Titans: World War II At Sea Walter J. Boyne (the author) was an Air Force colonel and gives an interesting perspective on WW2 at sea. He also wrote Clash of Wings about the war in the air.
Great Warship From the Age of Steam by David Ross. Fun coffee table book that has just about every large big gun warship from 1860 to 1945 listed.
Struggle for the Middle Sea and The German Fleet at War, 1939-1945 are books by Vincent P. O'Hara who does an excellent job of covering just about every single engagement by the Germans, Italians and Allies during WW2. You come away with the impression that the Italians gave just as good as they got most of the time. And wonder why you haven't heard of 90% of the battles in his books.
'And I Was There' by Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton. You won't read a better book about the intelligence (and failure of intelligence) behind the attack on Pearl Harbor. Adm Layton was Admiral Kimmel's Combat Intelligence Officer and had intimate knowledge of just about everything relating to code breaking in WW2.
Japanese Destroyer Captain by Captain Tameichi Hara. This guy was everywhere in the Pacific. Pearl. Fighting it out point blank at Guadalcanal. Midway. He commanded the light cruiser escorting Yamato when she was sunk on her kamikaze mission. And, somehow, he lived.
*More to come tomorrrow, if I get a chance.
https://www.amazon.com/Struggle-Middle-Sea-Mediterranean-1940-1945/dp/1591141966