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CONVOY CU 26
Departed New York on May 30-1944 and arrived Liverpool on June 11.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 34 ships in this convoy.

See also Ships in all CU convoys (includes tonnage of each ship, and year built), and Escorts for all CU convoys.

Transcribed from documents received from Tony Cooper, England.
His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

These ships were American, except where otherwise noted.

Ship
Destination
Remarks:
Apache Canyon
Clyde
Appomattox
Mersey / Bromborough
Balls Bluff
Swansea
Brookfield
Mersey / Stanlow
From CU 25
Bunker Hill
Clyde
Catawba Ford
Avonmouth
Cayuse
Avonmouth
Chemung
Avonmouth
Esso Little Rock
Clyde
Esso Springfield
Mersey / Bromborough
Evans Creek
Avonmouth
Fort Bridger
Clyde / Heysham
Avonmouth
(Norwegian)
Kenesaw Mountain
Avonmouth
Monocacy
Clyde
Port Royal
Clyde
Rosebud
Clyde
Sag Harbor
Avonmouth
Sappa Creek
Clyde / Mersey
Shabonee
Mersey / Bromborough
Umatilla
Dingle
Winchester
Avonmouth
Wyoming Valley
Swansea
Exceller
Glasgow
Flying Eagle
Newport
Lightning
Avonmouth
Marina
Mersey f. o.
To HX 294 - did not sail
Listed in CU 27
Santa Barbara
Belfast f. o. (Avonmouth)
Tamaroa
Liverpool
(British) - troops
Boundbrook
Bromborough / Dingle
Brandywine
Swansea
Esso Washington
Clyde
E. W. Sinclair
Scapa
McClellan Creek
Clyde
Wilsons Creek
Avonmouth
HMS Ruler
Liverpool
(British)
aircraft - stores - deck cargo

   

Notes:
No further details are available on this convoy.

Escorts (Dates are European style: Day/month/year. Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database):
USS Gandy - 30/05/44 to 10/06/44
USS Harveson - 30/05/44 to 10/06/44
USS Joyce - 30/05/44 to 10/06/44
USS Kirkpatrick - 30/05/44 to 11/06/44
USS Peterson - 30/05/44 to 10/06/44
USS Poole - 30/05/44 to 10/06/44

Related external links:
North America–U.K. Convoys 1944

List of T2 Tankers

The T 2 Tanker Page

CU convoys

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