HENRY BACON
Year Built
1942
Official Number
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Shipyard
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
EC2-S-C1
Ship Length
441.00 feet
Beam
57.00 feet
Mast Height
--
Net Tons
4375.00 tons
Gross Tons
7177.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
499573.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
--
Draft, Lightweight
--
Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
--
Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
--
Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Historical Narrative
This Liberty ship was named for Henry Bacon (1866-1924). Henry Bacon was an American architect best known for his designing of the Lincoln Memorial.
MARAD has no written
history for the Liberty ship Henry Bacon at
this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
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Milestones
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Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
War Shipping Administration
Operator
South Atlantic Steamship Line
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
February 23, 1945
Use at Loss
Vessel Movement
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German airplanes while en route from Murmansk, Russia, to Gourock, Scotland, United Kingdom, as part of Convoy RA-64.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Norwegian Sea
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
67° N., 07° E.
Incident Location Comments
Norwegian Sea
Lives Lost
22
