Thanks guys! What with 1.3 being worked on, hopefully between their efforts and our efforts, we will have the sweet little PAC subsim of our dreams.
tater -- the "heavy hitters" for my research were the Jentschura book, which absolutely rocks...and Hisashi Noma's book, which I ordered from the author, who lives in Tokyo. It's full of great Maru pictures, data, and stories that I've never seen before in an English publication. Surprisingly, or maybe not these days, I was able to pull together a lot of the work from the internet, in particular old books that've been digitized & put online. Website-wise, Parshall & posse do a superb job at combinedfleet.com, and Toppan's Haze Grey and Underway is also very well done. An exciting discovery for me was Fumio Nagasawa's amazing website. There is so little about Marus in English. Google translator produces an awkward, but understandable, Japanese translation.
Jace -- excellent finds. Thanks! I'll edit in your corrections. And, I definitely agree with Taihosan CG, she's a bit wobbly
