Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga ofHer SurvivorsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Son, were going to Hell." The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U. S. naval legend. Renowned as FDRs favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of reinforcement, her crew faced a superior Japanese force ruthlessly committed to total conquest. It wasnt a fair