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USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56)


Escort Aircraft Carrier


United States | 1943



"The USS Liscome Bay was tragically sunk by a Japanese submarine on November 24th, 1943 with the loss of 644 of her crew."

Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one sea-going vessel design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56).
4 x boilers developing 285psi; 2 x Reciprocating Skinner Unaflow engines developing 9,000 shaft horsepower; 2 x propeller shafts.
Propulsion
20.0 kts
23.0 mph
Surface Speed
10,239 nm
11,783 miles | 18,963 km
Range
Structure
The bow-to-stern, port-to-starboard physical qualities of USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56).
916
Personnel
Complement
512.3 ft
156.15 meters
O/A Length
65.2 ft
19.87 meters
Beam
22.5 ft
6.86 meters
Draught
7,800
tons
Displacement
Armament
Available supported armament and special-mission equipment featured in the design of USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56).
1 x 5" (127mm) /38 caliber Dual-Purpose (DP) main gun.
16 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft cannons in eight dual mountings (8x2).
20 x 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons in single mountings.
Air Arm
Available supported fixed-wing / rotary-wing aircraft featured in the design of USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56).
28 aircraft of various types.
Ships-in-Class (50)
Notable series variants as part of the USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) family line as relating to the Casablanca-class group.
Casablanca (CVE-55); Liscome Bay (CVE-56); Anzio (CVE-57); Corregidor (CVE-58); Mission Bay (CVE-59); Guadalcanal (CVE-60); Manila Bay (CVE-61); Natoma Bay (CVE-62); St. Lo (CVE-63); Tripoli (CVE-64); Wake Island (CVE-65); White Plains (CVE-66); Solomons (CVE-67); Kalinin Bay (CVE-68); Kasaan Bay (CVE-69); Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70); Kitkun Bay (CVE-71); Tulagi (CVE-72); Gambier Bay (CVE-73); Nehenta Bay (CVE-74); Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75); Kadashan Bay (CVE-76); Marcus Island (CVE-77); Savo Island (CVE-78); Ommaney Bay (CVE-79); Petrof Bay (CVE-80); Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81); Saginaw Bay (CVE-82); Sargent Bay (CVE-83); Shamrock Bay (CVE-84); Shipley Bay (CVE-85); Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86); Steamer Bay (CVE-87); Cape Esperance (CVE-88); Takanis Bay (CVE-89); Thetis Bay (CVE-90); Makassar Strait (CVE-91); Windham Bay (CVE-92); Makin Island (CVE-93); Lunga Point (CVE-94); Bismarck Sea (CVE-95); Salamaua (CVE-96); Hollandia (CVE-97); Kwajalein (CVE-98); Admiralty Islands (CVE-99); Bougainville (CVE-100); Matanikau (CVE-101); Attu (CVE-102); Roi (CVE-103); Munda (CVE-104)
Operators
Global operator(s) of the USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56). Nations are displayed by flag, each linked to their respective national naval warfare listing.
National flag of the United States

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