Table of Contents Preface 1 Introduction 3 I. The U.S. Navy in the Pacific 7 Planting the Flag 8 The Philippines 9 China 11 II. Setting the Stage for War 14 The Naval Disarmament Conference 14 Petroleum 16 Borneo 17 Manchuria 19 III. Japan on the Move 21 The Response 21 "Asia for the Asians" 23 American Missions and the Panay 24 Uncertainty at Home 27 A New Commander in the Far East 29 The Fleet Moves to Pearl Harbor 31 French ­Indo-China 31 Admiral Hart Relocates 32 Plans Evolve 33 Americans Evacuate 34 IV. Fateful Decisions 36 V. The Asiatic Fleet on the Eve of War 42 The Cruisers 42 The Destroyers 42 The Yangtze Patrol 44 The Submarines 45 The Air Patrol Wing 46 The Minesweepers 47 The Motor Torpedo Boats 48 The 16th Naval District 48 Cavite Navy Yard 49 Olongapo Naval Station 50 Mariveles Section Base 51 VI.

Preparations for War 52 A Visit to Pearl Harbor 52 Army Bombers Go East, the Marines Go South 53 Admiral Hart''s Proposal 53 Army vs. Navy 55 Fleet Reorganization 57 The War Warning 58 Columbus Smith at Shanghai 59 Major Ship Movements Detected 60 The Boise Shanghaied 61 The Riverboats Go South 62 Preparing for the Worst 62 British Plans 63 VII. Who Knew What? 65 VIII. Japan Attacks 78 The Wake 79 The President Harrison 83 Cavite Ships 84 Army Air Bases Attacked 86 The William B. Preston 86 Early News 87 IX. The Asiatic Fleet at War 92 The Tutuila Trapped 92 Manila Bombings 95 December 10--A Rough Day for the Allies 95 The Invasion Convoy Arrives 96 Capt. Colin Kelly 97 The Prince of Wales and the Repulse 97 Cavite Bombed 99 X. The Retreat Begins 108 The Air Wing Heads South 109 General Ship Movements 109 The Corregidor 110 Ambon Island 112 Admiral Hart Moves South 112 Christmas 1941 113 Mistaken Identity 114 The Canopus 116 XI.

The Fleet''s Last Year 118 The Borneo Oil Fields 120 A Trip to Washington 121 A False Alarm 122 Destroyers off Balik Papan 123 The Mariveles Naval Defense Battalion 127 Policy Opinions 149 The Flores Sea 150 A Sub Commander and a Flight on a PBY 159 The Asiatic Fleet Disbanded 162 A Visit with the Troops 163 Admiral Hart Replaced 164 Timor 164 A New Source of Oil 166 Port Darwin 166 Badung Strait 175 Aircraft to Java 179 The Java Sea 210 Sunda Strait 215 The Stewart Captured 274 Ships Ordered to Australia 274 XII. Stranded Up North 294 Token Relief 294 The Abandoned 295 The Surrender and the Quail 305 XIII. Individual Group Operations 317 The PT Boats 317 The Submarine Patrols 332 Patrol Wing 10 Operations 362 XIV. The Disposition of Asiatic Fleet Ships 389 XV. Irish Pennants 397 A Tale of Two Quail Survivors 397 The Arisan Maru 400 Joseph Henry Bangust 401 The Houston Survivors 402 Charley Lawrence Thomas 403 A Few Commanders 403 Those Adrift 407 The End at the Beginning 408 Navy Items of Interest 409 Civil Authorities 409 Ratings 409 Fast Forward 411 Bibliography 413 Index 415.