Transcribed from a document received from Tony Cooper.
His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

All these ships were tankers, except Shooting Star, and they were all American.

CU 1 through CU 4 had departure port Curacao for Liverpool.
CU 5 started out from New York City to Liverpool.
CU 6 originated in Curacao again.
The rest of the CU series - CU 7 through CU 73 - departed from New York City.
For more info on the CU convoys, please see my page about CU 1.

Notes:
Commodore was in Shooting Star, Vice Commodore in Cross Keys.

Commodore's notes are not available.

Escorts (Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database):
USS Charles Lawrence
USS Daniel T. Griffin
USS Donnell
USS Hopping
USS Reeves
USS Sims
They all joined on Oct. 13-1943 and remained till Oct. 24.

Related external links:
HX, SC and CU Convoys 1943 - In chronological order.

List of T2 Tankers

The T 2 Tanker Page

CU convoys

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