DAYS OF STEEL RAIN: The Epic Story of a WWII Vengeance Ship in the Year of the Kamikaze

The USS Astoria was called to respond to challenges that its men never could have anticipated. From a typhoon where the ocean was the enemy to daring rescue missions, a gallant turn at Iwo Jima, and the ultimate crucible against the Kamikaze at Okinawa, they endured the worst of the final year of the war at sea. 32 pages of photos.