USS Liscome Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrierWikipedia
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Oct 13, 2026
Rick BigelowGUEST
It certainly wasn't easy, uh, but it was easier than Tarawa.
Rick BigelowGUEST
Uh, during the Makin operation, a gun turret exploded on the battleship Mississippi, killing 43 sailors, and, uh, a escort carrier, the USS Liscome Bay, uh, was sunk by a Japanese sub, uh, killing 644 officers and men.
Rick BigelowGUEST
Uh, Army, uh, KIA was light on Makin, only 66.
Rick BigelowGUEST
Uh, 400 Japanese, uh, were killed and, uh, we took 700, uh, l- uh, POWs, and there were also Korean slave laborers there.
Rick BigelowGUEST
Certainly wasn't easy, uh, but it was easier than Tarawa.
Rick BigelowGUEST
Uh, during the Makin operation, a gun turret exploded on the battleship Mississippi, killing 43 sailors, and, uh, a escort carrier, the USS Liscome Bay, uh, was sunk by a Japanese sub, uh, killing 644 officers and men.
Rick BigelowGUEST
Uh, Army, uh, KIA was light on Makin, only 66.
Rick BigelowGUEST
Uh, 400 Japanese, uh, were killed, and, uh, we took 700, uh, l- uh, POWs, and there were also Korean slave laborers there.