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CONVOY CU 39
Departed New York on Sept. 12-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 23rd.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 45 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. |
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Ship
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Destination
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Remarks:
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Barren Hill
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Finnart(?) / Stanlow
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–
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Blackwater
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Avonmouth / Belfast
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–
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Brandy Station
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London (Shellhaven)
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–
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Bunker Hill
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Avonmouth / Clyde
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–
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Cayuse
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Swansea / Cherbourg
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–
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Cedar Mountain
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Bowling / Mersey / Stanlow
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–
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Cross Keys
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London (Thameshaven)
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–
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Empire Milner
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Cardiff / Stanlow
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(British)
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Esso Scranton
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Mersey / Stanlow
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–
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Esso Washington
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Avonmouth / Clyde
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–
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Fishers Hill
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Avonmouth
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–
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Four Lakes
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Avonmouth
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–
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Glorieta
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Mersey / Avonmouth
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–
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Lake Erie
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Avonmouth
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–
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Musgrove Mills
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London (Thameshaven)
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–
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Petersburg
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Clyde / Heysham
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–
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Platte Bridge
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Mersey / Avonmouth
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–
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Ridgefield
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Avonmouth / Mersey
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–
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Rosebud
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Clyde
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Returned to New York
Listed in CU 40 |
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The Cottonwoods
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Mersey / Bromborough
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–
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Sharpsburg
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Avonmouth / Mersey
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–
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South Mountain
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Bromborough / Stanlow / Belfast
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–
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Wellesley
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Mersey
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–
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White Bird Canyon
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Swansea / Mersey
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–
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African Dawn
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Cherbourg f. o.
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general cargo
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De Soto
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Cherbourg f. o.
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general cargo
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Examiner
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Cherbourg f. o.
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general cargo
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Marina
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Cherbourg f. o.
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general cargo
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Raphael Semmes
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Cherbourg f. o.
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general cargo
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Santa Leonor
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Cherbourg f. o.
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general cargo
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Sea Nymph
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Cherbourg f. o.
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general cargo
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Bienville
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Cherbourg f. o.
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troops
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Marine Wolf
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Cherbourg f. o.
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troops
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Santa Paula
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Cherbourg f. o.
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troops
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Sea Owl
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Cherbourg f. o.
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troops
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Sea Tiger
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Cherbourg f. o.
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troops
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John Ericsson
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Cherbourg f. o.
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troops
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Milford Haven f. o.
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troops
Listed in CU 40 |
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Gen. William M. Black
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Cherbourg f. o.
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troops
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Liverpool
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(Norwegian)
general cargo |
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Manchester
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(Norwegian)
general (reefer) |
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Toltec
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Cherbourg f. o.
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(Honduran)
reefer |
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Rangitata
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Liverpool
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(British)
troops - reefer - general |
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Scythia
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Cherbourg f. o.
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(British)
troops |
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Sappa Creek
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Bowling
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From CU 38
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Swansea / Avonmouth
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(Norwegian)
From CU 38 |
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Mersey
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–
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Brazil
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Cherbourg f. o.
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troops
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Notes: No further details are available on this convoy. Escorts (Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database): Related external links: The T2 Tanker Page with more in depth information on each T2 tanker in this convoy. To the next CU convoy in my list CU 40 |
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