Twenty-three minutes to eternity : the final voyage of the escort carrier U.S.S. Liscome Bay /

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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 resultin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Noles, James L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Liscome Bay (Escort Carrier : CVE 56)
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Kiribati.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations navales américaines.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Kiribati.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Military campaigns.
Military operations, Naval > American.
Kiribati.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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