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CONVOY TCU 30
Departed New York on July 2-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 12th.
T in the designation of some CU convoys stands for "troopship", according to Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System", which gives 38 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 / Mersey
Appomattox
Mersey
Brandywine
Avonmouth / Belfast
Brookfield
Avonmouth
Catawba Ford
Bowling / Belfast
Cayuse
Avonmouth / Mersey
Champoeg
Stanlow
Listed in CU 31
Esso Washington
Clyde
Evans Creek
Avonmouth / Belfast
Great Meadows
Clyde
From CU 29
Mersey / Bromborough
(Norwegian)
Horseshoe
Mersey / Stanlow
Kenesaw Mountain
Mersey / Bromborough / Heysham
McClellan Creek
Clyde
Platte Bridge
Avonmouth / Mersey
Port Royal
Swansea / Clyde
Sappa Creek
Mersey / Avonmouth
Shabonee
Clyde
Sharpsburg
Stanlow
Wilsons Creek
Mersey / Avonmouth
Colombie
Clyde
(French) troops
Dominion Monarch
Clyde
(British) troops
Empire Viceroy
Belfast f. o. (Barry - to arrive July 17)
(British) timber - steel
Exminster
Swansea
From CU 29
general - vehicles
Java
Cardiff
From CU 29 (Dutch)
poison gen. - poison gas - bombs
Mormacmoon
Cardiff
general - vehicles
Scythia
Liverpool
(British) troops
Shooting Star
Liverpool
reefer
HMS Rajah
Liverpool
(British) planes
Manchester
(Norwegian) reefer
Eros
Swansea
(British) general - reefer
Santiago
Swansea
Listed in CU 31
Monticello
Liverpool
passengers (troops)
John Ericsson
Liverpool
passengers (troops) - mail
USS Aucilla
Swansea
Escort Oiler
Thomas H. Barry
Clyde
passengers (troops)
Edmund B. Alexander
Liverpool
passengers (troops) - mail
Santa Margarita
Liverpool
passengers (troops) - mail
Joining from Boston
Uruguay
Liverpool
troops
Brazil
Clyde
troops

   

Notes:
No further details are available on this convoy.

Escorts (Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database):
USS Amesbury
USS Bates
USS Blessman
USS Bull
USS Bunch
USS Camp
USS Howard D. Crow
USS Hurst
USS Marblehead
USS Marchand
USS Pettit
USS Ricketts

They all joined on July 2-1944 and remained until July 11.

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

List of T2 Tankers

The T 2 Tanker Page

CU convoys

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