'They craved action! The crew of the Utmost felt the urge for action - in a ship with one gun and a short-range pom-pom.
"You're responsible," his first-lieutenant told the captain, Dutchy Holland. "You've made these men what they are. You toughened them. They're restless now."
Neither officer knew that Utmost was to see action soon...against a fast, heavily-gunned jap destryer on a vital mission!' - back cover (1964)
