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The last voyage of the SS Henry Bacon / by Donald R. Foxvog and Robert I. Alotta.
LIBRA D774.H43 F69 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foxvog, Donald R. (Donald Rogers), 1922-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henry Bacon (Ship).
- Liberty ships--United States--History.
- Liberty ships.
- Merchant marine--United States--History--20th century.
- Merchant marine.
- Shipwrecks.
- History.
- United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Shipwrecks--Arctic Ocean.
- Arctic Ocean.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 265 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- St. Paul, Minn. : Paragon House, 2001.
- Summary:
- The Last Voyage of the Henry Bacon is a story of heroic courage and valor and self-sacrifice. The last voyage of the Liberty ship SS Henry Bacon saw the crew put the lives of 19 Norwegian refugees above their own. The Bacon was the last Liberty ship to be sunk by the German Lufwaffe on the Murmansk Run from Scotland to Murmansk, Russia. The ship fought valiantly against superior forces, and downed more German planes than any other Liberty ship. The SS Henry Bacon was born, lived and died in war: commissioned November 11, 1942; and sank February 23, 1945. When the ship went down, her proud captain and chief engineer were standing at the helm. This is her story.
- The Last Voyage of the Henry Bacon is filled with touching personal episodes, well-written and documented, drawn from conversation and correspondence with the surviving merchant seamen and Navy gunners. All of the accounts have been verified by declassified Navy and Maritime Commission records.
- Contents:
- The Route of the Final Voyage of the SS Henry Bacon xix
- Chapter 1 Women on the Henry Bacon 13
- Chapter 2 The Birth of the Henry Bacon 21
- Chapter 3 The Shakedown 27
- Chapter 4 The Skipper 37
- Chapter 5 The Crew 41
- Chapter 6 Soroya: Hidden Behind the Pages of History 57
- Chapter 7 Operation "Open Door" 73
- Chapter 8 Refugees to the Bacon 87
- Chapter 9 Rest and Recreation in Murmansk 91
- Chapter 10 Leaving Murmansk 109
- Chapter 11 The Tempest 115
- Chapter 12 "Wind Force 12" 123
- Chapter 13 "A Swarm of Bees" 131
- Chapter 14 "Abandon Ship" 147
- Chapter 15 Take to the Water 161
- Chapter 16 Rescue 175
- Chapter 17 The Way Home 195
- Chapter 18 After Action Report 211
- Roster of Crew Members 247
- Officers of the British Recovery Vessels 250
- Composition of Convoy RA64 251
- Norwegian Survivors 253.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1557788014
- OCLC:
- 46703016
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