In "Into the Storm", the story begins during the Second Battle of the Java Sea. The is a destroyer of the United States Asiatic Fleet, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy. The "Walker" was a part of the surviving ABDACOM fleet, consisting of the Royal Navy cruiser , HMS "Encounter", and the United States Navy destroyers "Pope" and "Mahan", all of which were fleeing from Japanese naval forces. However, the Japanese forces closed range, and opened up on the small Allied fleet. The "Exeter" took a major hit, and ordered the remaining four destroyers to leave the crippled cruiser.