Roger Barr is the author of nine books, including America’s Wars: The Vietnam War (Lucent Books, 1991), The Treasure Hunt (Medallion Press, 1992), and biographies of Richard Nixon and Malcolm X for young adult readers. He is currently editing a collection of World War II–era memoirs. He is the son of Pittsburgh crew member Shipfitter Third Class Russell Barr and respectfully dedicates his article to everyone who served on board the Pittsburgh from 1944 to 1956.
Megan Eckstein is a staff writer for USNI News (http://news.usni.org). She previously covered Congress and the Pentagon for Defense Daily and the U.S. surface Navy and U.S. amphibious operations as an associate editor for Inside the Navy. She began her career covering the military at the Frederick (Maryland) News-Post, where she wrote about personnel and family issues, medical research, local reserve and National Guard units, and more. She is a 2009 graduate of University of Maryland, College Park.
Vice Admiral George W. Emery, U.S. Navy (Retired), served on Admiral Hyman Rickover’s staff from 1977 to 1979. He is the author of In Their Own Words: The Navy Fights the War of 1812 (Naval Historical Foundation, 2013) and Historical Manuscripts in the Navy Department Library (Naval Historical Center, 1994), and has contributed to several books and magazines, including Leadership Embodied: The Secrets to Success of the Most Effective Navy and Marine Corps Leaders (Naval Institute Press, 2005).
Norman Friedman is a consultant on global naval strategy, naval trends, and naval warfare. He has authored more than 30 books; they include Fighting the Great War at Sea: Strategy, Tactics and Technology (2014), Naval Anti-Aircraft Guns and Gunnery (2014), and British Cruisers of the Victorian Era (2012), which were published by the Naval Institute Press. He contributes regular columns analyzing world naval developments to Proceedings magazine. He earned a PhD in physics at Columbia University.
Michael Sturma is chair of the history program at Murdoch University in Western Australia. He is the author of several books, including Death at a Distance: The Loss of the Legendary USS Harder (Naval Institute Press, 2006). His article is excerpted from his upcoming book, Fremantle’s Submarines: How Allied Submariners and Western Australians Helped to Win the War in the Pacific (Naval Institute Press, 2015).
Jack Sweetman served as a company commander in the U.S. Army before becoming a Ford Fellow at Emory University, from which he received his doctorate. He has authored, coauthored, translated, and edited numerous works of naval and military history. His honors include the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement, the Naval History Author of the Year Award, and the John Lyman Book Award for U.S. Naval History.