Anything by James Hornfischer:
Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. Covers the battle off Samar where US escort carriers and escorts took on the Japanese fleet in daylight culminating in four escorts charging battleships and cruisers to point blank range. Lot of first person perspective.
Neptunes Inferno. Primarily covers the US surface navy at Guadalcanal. Like above heavy with first person accounts. Highlights the confusion, slaughter and sacrifice of the navy in this campaign. Fact I never knew; four times more sailors killed at Guadalcanal than ground pounders. Found the book impossible to put down.