Twenty-Three Minutes to Eternity: The Final Voyage of the Escort Carrier USS Liscome Bay
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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. Doris Miller, the first black American sailor to win the Navy Cross, lost his life, as did Rear Admiral Henry Mullinax, one of the Navy's first "air admirals." John Crommelin was the senior officer to survive the sinking. Later in his career, Crommelin, a decorated naval aviator himself, sparked the famous Revolt of the Admirals, which helped save the role of naval aviation in America's Cold War military. 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account of the Liscome Bay and those who served aboard her is based on interviews with the ship's survivors and an unpublished memoir that the ship's pay officer made available to the author.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 readable, compelling book pays homage to the crew by telling their story of experience and sacrifice.
List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsPrefacePrologue: Unbehagen's Dream1The Baby Flattops12A Crew for the "Listing Lizzie"123Wildcats, Avengers, and a Rear Admiral374Into the Breach545Galvanic and Kourbash706Three Task Forces, Three Brothers897"The God of Death Has Come"998Twenty-Three Minutes and Counting1279Abandon Ship!14410Pacific Dawn16811Surviving19012Aftermath210Notes225Bibliography237Index243
