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CONVOY HX 323
Departed New York City on Nov. 29-1944 and arrived Liverpool on Dec. 13.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 40 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents.
A 1 form is not available to me and, therefore, I don't know the station numbers of these ships.

See also westbound Convoy ON 277.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port.

Additional details have been added with the help of "Lloyd's War Losses", Vol I.
Info re. Russian convoys has been added with the help of "Convoys to Russia", Arnold Hague and Bob Ruegg.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Phillip F. Thomas
American (U.S.)
general
Clyde f. o.
From HX 321
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
Charles M. Schwab
"
general
Milford Haven f. o.
Returned to port (Halifax)
Sailed in HX 325
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
George H. Pendleton
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
John LaFarge
"
general
Milford Haven f. o.
Sailed in HX 324
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
John A. Quitman
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
LeBaron Russel Briggs
"
general
Milford Haven f. o.
Sailed in HX 324
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
Bernard N. Baker
"
general
Milford Haven f. o.
Sailed in HX 324
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in RA 63 Jan. 11-1945
(See HX 319 for other ships in RA 63)
James M. Wayne
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Russel A. Alger
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Amelia Earhart
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Steel Ranger
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Floyd Gibbons
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
George L. Farley
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Alcoa Voyager
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Irvin S. Cobb
"
general
Belfast f. o.
Returned to New York
Sailed in HX 324
Alan-A-Dale
Panamanian
general
Solent f. o.
See Notes
Joseph I. Kemp
American
general
Belfast f. o.
Returned to New York
Sailed in HX 324
William H. Crawford
"
general
Solent f. o.
From HX 322
Louis McLane
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Jose G. Benitez
"
general
Belfast f. o.
Sailed in HX 324
Laura Bridgman
"
general
Middlesbrough
–
Heywood Broun
"
general
Glasgow
Returned to New York
To HX 325 - did not sail
Sailed in HX 326
Chesapeake
British
Tanker B
Heysham
From HX 322
Francis B. Ogden
American
general - explosives
Hull
–
Lorado Taft
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
–
James M. Porter
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
–
John Cropper
"
general
Solent f. o.
Sailed in HX 324
Mary Ashley Townsend
"
Tanker B
London
Sailed in HX 324
Reginald A. Fessenden
"
Tanker B
Heysham
–
Sovac
British
Tanker B
Mersey
Sailed in HX 324
Seacliff Park
"
lumber - metal
London
Returned to New York
To HX 325 - did not sail
Sailed in HX 326
Hugli
"?
explosives - general
Liverpool
–
Fort Maisonneuve
"
general
Downs f. o.
See Notes
Calumet
"
rum - sugar
Liverpool
Sailed in HX 324
British Courage
"
Admiralty tanker B
Clyde
–
Lucellum
"
Admiralty tanker B
Clyde
–
Kaia Knudsen
Norwegian
Admiralty tanker B
Portsmouth
–
President de Vogue
"
Admiralty tanker B
Clyde
From HX 322
Skotaas
"
Admiralty tanker B
Clyde
–
Solør
"
Tanker B
Dingle
Sailed in HX 324
Laurits Swenson
"
general
Liverpool
Vice Commodore
Samuel Bakke
"
general
Liverpool
Commodore Vessel
Philips Wouwerman? (Woerman?)
Dutch
general
London
To HX 324 - did not sail
Sailed in HX 325
Fort Prudhomme
British
general
Downs f. o.
From HX 322
Whiterock Park
"
Lumber - pig iron
–
From HX 322
Returned to New York
Sailed in HX 325
Novelist
"
none given
Liverpool
–
Scottish Monarch
"
wool - lead - mail
Liverpool
–
Sailing from Halifax - Dec. 1
Mount Kyllene
Greek
general
Liverpool
–
Jamaica Producer
British
meat
Liverpool
From HX 322
Angus McDonald
American
general
Solent f. o.
–
Fort Vercheres
British
general
Downs f. o.
From HX 322
Corrales
"
meat - mail
Hull
–
Winthrop L. Marvin
American
general
Solent f. o.
–
Robert F. Hand
British
Tanker B
Southampton
From HX 322
Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Copeland - see Notes below (not mentioned in Advance Sailing Telegram)
Sailing from Sydney - Dec. 1
Whiteshell Park
British
general - explosives - mail
Manchester
–
Kronprinsessen
Norwegian
grain
Avonmouth
–
Portland Park
British
grain
Not for U.K.
–

Notes:
Commodore, J. O. Dunn, R.N.R. was in the Norwegian Samuel Bakke. Vice Commodore was Rear Admiral H. E. Diesen (Norwegian Navy) in the Norwegian Laurits Swenson. Commodore's notes not available.

The Rescue vessel was Copeland was on her 32nd voyage as such, having started this voyage at Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 264 on Nov. 4-1944, to Halifax Nov. 19 - returning with HX 323 from Halifax on Dec. 1, to Clyde Dec. 13.

Alan-A-Dale, on a voyage from New York to Antwerp with Government stores, was reported sunk by a midget submarine on Dec. 23-1944. She had a crew of 42 and 23 Armed Guard, no casualties.

Fort Maisonneuve, on a voyage from New York and The Downs for Antwerp with 6142 tons of general cargo including explosives, struck a mine and sank on Dec. 15. She had a crew of 48 and 12 gunners - 4 died.

More details on all the Norwegian ships in this convoy can be found with the help of the alphabet index below.

Related external links:
Liberty Ships - The vast majority of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically.
This site has more on the "Fort" and the "Park" ships mentioned in this convoy.

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