These old (circa 1918) destroyer escorts were mostly sunk by 1945, but they feature prominently in a series of alternate-history novels I ran across the other day. Never cared for the genre myself.
Written by a North Texas history buff and movie extra who has a fan base so dedicated it likes to make models of the ships. That seems to be the way to sell books these days. Write a fantasy series, and keep ’em coming back for more.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 