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200 10$aTwenty-three minutes to eternity$b[electronic resource] $ethe final voyage of the escort carrier U.S.S. Liscome Bay /$fJames L. Noles, Jr
210   $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2004
215   $a1 online resource (273 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-8173-1369-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-242) and index.
327   $aThe 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.
330   $a  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 lo
606   $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, American
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