| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 250 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index. |
| Contents |
The baby flattops -- Crew for the "Listing Lizzie" -- Wildcats, avengers, and a rear admiral -- Into the breach -- Galvanic and Kourbash -- Three task forces, three brothers -- "The god of death has come" -- Twenty-three minutes and counting -- Abandon ship! -- Pacific dawn -- Surviving -- Aftermath. |
| Summary |
A long-overdue history of America's "forgotten flattop." On November 24, 1943, a Japanese torpedo plunged into the starboard side of the American escort carrier USS Liscome Bay. The torpedo struck the thin-skinned carrier in the worst possible place the bomb storage area. The resulting explosion could be seen 16 miles away, literally ripping the Liscome Bay in half and killing 644 of her crew. In terms of lives lost, it was the costliest carrier sinking in United States naval history. Liscome Bay's loss came on her first combat operation: the American invasion of the Gilbert Islands. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Liscome Bay (Escort Carrier : CVE 56)
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Liscome Bay (Escort Carrier : CVE 56) |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Kiribati.
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| Chronological Term |
1939 - 1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Noles, James L. Twenty-three minutes to eternity. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2004 (DLC) 2003018416 |
| ISBN |
9780817382148 (electronic book) |
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0817382143 (electronic book) |
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0817313699 (alkaline paper) |
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9780817313692 (alkaline paper) |
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9780817356033 |
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0817356037 |
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