I remember as a kid my grandfather telling me about his ship being sunk and spending time in a life raft in the Ocean. He died many years ago, and I was too young to care about the details, but now that I'm older I'd love to find out as much as possible about the ship, crew, and the night it was sunk by the Germans, and share with my family.

The ship was the S. S. Robert Bacon and was sunk on July 13, 1943. I was able to find some basic information through Google searches, but I'm not sure my next steps.

I've really learned how influential merchant ships were in the war effort and how exposed they were. My grandfather was in the Navy and assigned to the ship.