Among the stately carriers and dashing destroyers of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, there exists an ugly, unlikely division of four ships that is known as "McCoy's Navy." Its officers and men are recognizable from afar by their luxuriant beards and deep suntans, and the approach of their elderly craft can be detected by the clatter of chipping hammers pecking away at rusty decks. The ships themselves have high, unsheered bows and an ungainly 12-knot waddle, while the most advanced piece of electronic gear aboard any of them is a popcorn machine. Yet Inshore Fire Support Division 93, as...
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