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USS_Liscome_Bay
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As of April 19, 2026

82 years old
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218 days

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(November 24born, 1943 ) is

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History

USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56), ferrying aircraft to San Diego, 20 September 1943




United States
Name	Liscome Bay
Namesake	Liscome Bay, Alaska
Ordered	as a Type S4-S2-BB3 hull
Awarded	18 June 1942
Builder	Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington
Cost	$10,420,959
Yard number	302
Laid down	12 December 1942
Launched	19 April 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Ben Moreell
Commissioned	7 August 1943
Reclassified	CVE, 15 July 1943
Identification	Hull symbol: ACV-56 CVE-56
Honors and awards	1 Battle star
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by I-175, 24 November 1943


General characteristics
Class & type	Casablanca-class escort carrier
Displacement	8,188 long tons (8,319 t) (standard) 10,902 long tons (11,077 t) (full load)
Length	512 ft 3 in (156.13 m) (oa) 490 ft (150 m) (wl) 474 ft (144 m) (fd)
Beam	65 ft 2 in (19.86 m) 108 ft (33 m) (extreme width)
Draft	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) (max)
Installed power	4 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 9,000 shp (6,700 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Skinner Unaflow reciprocating steam engines 2 × screws
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range	10,240 nmi (18,960 km; 11,780 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	Total: 910–916 officers and sailors Embarked Squadron: 50–56 Ship's Crew: 860
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun 4 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
Aircraft carried	27 aircraft
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult 2 × elevators


Service record
Part of	United States Pacific Fleet (1943)
Commanders	Captain I.D. Wiltsie
Operations	Gilbert Islands operation Makin Island (20–23 November 1943)

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1943 ships

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Casablanca-class escort carriers

Ships sunk by Japanese submarines

Maritime incidents in November 1943

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Ships built in Vancouver, Washington

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World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean

World War II escort aircraft carriers of the United States

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