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CONVOY CU 29
Departed New York on June 24-1944 and arrived Liverpool on July 5.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 30 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
Bennington
Clyde
Bulkcrude
Avonmouth
Callabee
Dingle
Esso Camden
Bowling
Esso Utica
Avonmouth / Mersey
Fairfax
Mersey / Bromborough
Fishers Hill
Mersey / Bromborough
Fort Cornwallis
Avonmouth / Clyde
Fort Cumberland
Avonmouth / Mersey
Fort Schuyler
Mersey / Bromborough
(Dutch)
Mersey / Stanlow
(Norwegian)
Manassas
Clyde / Bowling
Moors Fields
Swansea / Clyde
Listed as Moorsfield in Advance Sailing Telegram
Opequon
Avonmouth / Clyde
Powder River
Avonmouth
To CU 31 - did not sail
Listed in CU 32
Red Canyon
Avonmouth / Mersey
Stony Point
Clyde
Sweetwater
Clyde / Avonmouth
Vicksburg
Avonmouth / Mersey
Virginia
Avonmouth
White River
Swansea / Mersey
Wellesley
Mersey / Stanlow
Largs Bay
Clyde
(British)
general cargo - troops
Eastern Prince
Clyde
(British)
general cargo - troops
Midnight
Barry Dock
general cargo - vehicles
Manchester
(Norwegian)
general cargo - vehicles
Alcoa Pointer
Liverpool
general cargo - vehicles
China Mail
Glasgow
general cargo - vehicles
Cape Horn
Belfast f. o. (Cardiff)
general cargo - vehicles
Bantam
Liverpool
(Dutch)
general cargo - vehicles - explosives
Exminster
Mersey f. o.
general cargo - vehicles - explosives
Listed in next convoy
Java
Mersey f. o.
(Dutch)
general cargo - vehicles - explosives
Listed in next convoy
Sea Serpent
Belfast f. o. (Avonmouth)
refrigerated
Great Meadows
Clyde
Listed in next convoy
USS Core
Glasgow
aircraft


Notes:
No further details are available.

Escorts (Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database):
USS Blair
USS Brough
USS Hammann
USS Jacob Jones
USS Robert E. Peary
USS Sturtevant

They all joined on June 24-1944 and remained until July 5.

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

List of T2 Tankers

The T 2 Tanker Page

CU convoys

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