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A three page article article from Yank that tells the sorrowful tale of the sinking of a proud ship:

"The baby flat-top Liscome Bay was sunk by a torpedo from an enemy submarine on the day before Thanksgiving of 1943. The Liscome Bay was on her first battle assignment, covering the occupation of Makin in the Gilbert [islands]...The torpedo struck a half an hour before dawn and it was still dark when Liscome Bay sank."

The ship went under in less than twenty-four minutes; up to that time it was the U.S. Navy's second largest loss since the sinking of the Arizona at Pearl Harbor. Only 260 men survived.

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Death of a Baby Flat-Top (Yank Magazine, 1944)

Death of a Baby Flat-Top (Yank Magazine, 1944)

Death of a Baby Flat-Top (Yank Magazine, 1944)

Death of a Baby Flat-Top (Yank Magazine, 1944)

Death of a Baby Flat-Top (Yank Magazine, 1944)

Death of a Baby Flat-Top (Yank Magazine, 1944)

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