From Wikipedia.
Built at North Carolina Shipbuilding Company. There is a book about the ship "The Last Voyage of the SS Henry Bacon" written by Donald Foxvey and Robert Alotta.
The hull of the Bacon was laid September 29, 1942, and it was launched November 11, 1942 and delivered Nov. 24, 1942. The ship spent just 42 days on the ways.
Just an example of US wartime effort.
That Was MIGHTY FAST. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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