History of  USS Liscome Bay CVE-56. USN                                                                                    Casablamca Escort Carrier                   Built December 9, 1942 Kaiser Shipbuilding Vancouver, Wash Dimensions 512’3" | 65’ | 108’1”  Tons 7,800 Crew 860 KIA including: Admiral Mullinix Captain Wiltsie 53 other officers 591 enlisted   Armament 1 x 5”; 16 x 40mm 28 aircraft Sunk 05:33 November 24, 1943 Torpedo from Japanese Submarine I-175 History Departed San Diego 21 October 1943 and arrived Pearl Harbor, 1 week later. Part of CarDiv 24, Liscome Bay departed Pearl Harbor 10 November attached to TF 52, Northern Attack Force, under Rear Adm. Richard K. Turner, bound for the invasion of the Gilbert Islands. Aircraft from Liscome Bay participated in the operations to liberate both Tarawa and Makin Islands. Torpedoed off Makin on 23 November; the Japanese submarine I-175 arrived off Makin Island. The temporary task group built around Rear Adm. H. M. Mullinnix's three escorts carriers were steaming 20 miles southwest of Butaritari Island at 15 knots. Sinking of Liscome Bay At 0430, 24 November 1943; the ship went to routine general quarters at 0505 as flight crews prepared their planes for dawn launchings. There was no warning of a submarine in the area until about 0510 when a lookout shouted: “. . . here comes a torpedo!" It struck abaft the after engine room an instant later with a shattering roar. A second major detonation closely followed the first, the entire interior burst into flames. At 0533, Liscome Bay listed to starboard and sank, 272 of her crew were rescued.