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 | | Around 1500 GCT on February 23, 1945, the Henry Bacon was some 50 to 60 nautical miles astern of the main convoy when she was attacked by twenty-three Heinkel He 111 and Junkers Ju 88 torpedo bombers of Luftwaffe Group KG26, out of Hammerfest, Norway, some 250 miles (400 km) away. |
 | | The Henry Bacon was armed with eight 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, with a 5 inch (127 mm) gun aft and a 3 in (76 mm) gun forward. |
 | | [1] The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington, DC now sponsors the annual “SS Henry Bacon Memorial Lecture” on February 23, 2003, the anniversary of the ship’s sinking. |
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