Time and tide

the long version

Time and Tide begins with the cruiser USS Jefferson City looming out of the dawn, in flight from a night of terror and death. she has deserted her sister ships at the Battle of Savo Island- the worse naval defeat in American history. The new captain, Arthur McKay, has relieved his best friend and roommate, has to decide how to redeem the ship, whether to protect his friend's reputation against the Navy's determination to blame him for the Savo debacle, or root out th truth and perhaps ruin him.