SS Henry Bacon
World War II Liberty ship of the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Liberty ship SS Henry Bacon was the last allied ship sunk by the Luftwaffe in World War II. Twenty two crew members and seven members of the United States Navy Armed Guard lost their lives in this action. The vessel was named after Henry Bacon, the American architect who designed and built many monuments and settings for public sculpture, including the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. [1]
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Name | Henry Bacon |
Namesake | Henry Bacon |
Operator | South Atlantic Steamship Company. |
Ordered | 17 January 1942 |
Laid down | 29 September 1942 |
Launched | 11 November 1942 |
Commissioned | 24 November 1942 |
Fate | Sunk by aircraft torpedo in the Barents Sea, 23 February 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship |
Displacement | 14,245 tons (3,380 light ship) |
Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
Beam | 57 ft (17 m) |
Draft | 26 ft 10 in (8.18 m) |
Propulsion | 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) 3 cyl Triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
Range | 23,000 miles (37,000 km) |
Capacity | 562,608 cu ft (15,931.3 m3) grain |
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