Twenty-three minutes to eternity
Subtitle: the final voyage of the escort carrier U.S.S. Liscome Bay
By: James L. Noles, Jr.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Liscome Bay (Escort Carrier : CVE 56); World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Kiribati
Description: "The loss of the USS Liscome Bay came on her first combat operation: the American invasion of the Gilbert Islands. Despite her short career, she touched a number of remarkable and famous lives." "James Noles's account of the Liscome Bay and those who served aboard her is based on interviews with the ship's survivors and an unpublished memoir that the ship's pay officer made available to the author. This book pays homage to the crew by telling their story of experience and sacrifice."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: The baby flattops; title: Crew for the "Listing Lizzie"; title: Wildcats, avengers, and a rear admiral; title: Into the breach; title: Galvanic and Kourbash; title: Three task forces, three brothers; title: "The god of death has come"; title: Twenty-three minutes and counting; title: Abandon ship!; title: Pacific dawn; title: Surviving; title: Aftermath.