Twenty-three minutes to eternity : the final voyage of the escort carrier U.S.S. Liscome Bay /
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...
| Основен автор: | Noles, James L. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
℗♭2004.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=235083 |
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Print version::
Twenty-three minutes to eternity. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxi, 250 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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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. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780817382148 0817382143 |