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CONVOY HX 324
Departed New York City on Dec. 4-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 21st.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 55 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.

Info re. Russian convoys has been added with the help of "Convoys to Russia", Arnold Hague and Bob Ruegg.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
James W. Cannon
American (U.S.)
general
Solent f. o.
–
Susan V. Luckenbach
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Belgian Unity
Belgian
general
Solent f. o.
From HX 322
Marcus H. Tracy
American
general
Solent f. o.
–
Matthew Sheehan
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
George F. Patten
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Stephen Smith
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Sailed in HX 325
Junius Smith
"
general
London
–
Blackhawk
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
J. L. Luckenbach
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
James D. Trask
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
William Black Yates
"
general
Solent f. o.
Sailed in HX 325
Cornelius Ford
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Thomas J. Lyons
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Steel Inventor
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Jonas Lie
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Sailed in HX 325
Elmer A. Sperry
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Joshua L. Chamberlain
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Edgar E. Clark
"
general
Liverpool
–
Steel Mariner
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Sailed in HX 325
W. P. Few?
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
Listed as William P. Few in the doc.
(there was a William Few, Liberty ship)
William H. Webb
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
–
Edwin S. Nettleton
"
general - explosives
Hull
–
Taranaki
British
refrig. - general
Liverpool
–
Calumet
"
rum - sugar
Liverpool
From HX 323
Port Campbell
"
refrig. - general
Liverpool
–
Van der Capelle
Dutch
general
Cardiff
Put back to St. John's
Listed in SC 163
Edam
"
general
London
Sailed in HX 325
Salland
"
general
Cardiff
–
Brasil
Norwegian
Tanker B
Mersey / Manchester
–
Fagerfjell
"
Tanker B
Clyde
–
G. C. Brøvig
"
Tanker B
Mersey
Sailed in HX 325
Lista
"
general
Hull
–
Solør
"
Tanker B
Dingle
From HX 323
Norfjell
"
Tanker W
Clyde f. o.
Sailed in HX 325
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
(later torpedoed - see my page about Norfjell)
Vivi
"
Tanker W
Manchester
Sailed in HX 327
Belgian Freighter
Belgian
general
Glasgow
–
John LaFarge
American
general
Clyde f. o. (for Russia)
From HX 323
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
Henry Bacon
"
general
Clyde f. o. (for Russia)
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
LeBaron Russel Briggs
"
general
Clyde f. o. (for Russia)
From HX 323
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
Alanson B. Houghton
"
general
Clyde f. o. (for Russia)
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
Jose Marti
"
general
Clyde f. o. (for Russia)
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
Bernard N. Baker
"
general
Clyde f. o. (for Russia)
From HX 323
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in RA 63 Jan. 11-1945
(See HX 319 for some other ships in RA 63)
Warren Delano
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Sailed in HX 325
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
John Ireland
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Sailed in HX 325
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
Horace Gray
"
general - explosives
Clyde f. o. (for Russia)
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
(later torpedoed - see text for Norfjell)
British Promise
British
Tanker W
Clyde f. o.
Sailed in HX 325
Listed in Convoy JW 63 Dec. 30
Returned in Convoy RA 64, Febr. 17-1945
Sovac
"
Tanker B
Birkenhead / ?
From HX 323
Solarium
"
Tanker B
Bromborough
–
Empire Industry
"
Tanker W
Southampton
–
San Cipriano
"
Tanker W
Shellhaven
–
British Harmony
"
Tanker W
Southend
–
Nuculana
"?
Tanker W
Barry Roads
Sailed in HX 325
Mary Ashley Townsend
American
Tanker B
London
From HX 323
Philips Wouwerman?
(Woerman?)
Dutch
general
London
From HX 323
Sailed in HX 325
Jose G. Benitez
American
general
Southampton
From HX 323
Mataroa
British
none given
Glasgow
Commodore Vessel
Joseph I. Kemp
American
general
Solent f. o.
From HX 323
Andrew J. Newbury
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
John Cropper
"
gas in cans
Solent f. o.
From HX 323
Irvin S. Cobb
"
general
Solent f. o.
From HX 323
Sailing from Halifax - Dec. 6
Glacier Park
British
grain - general - apples
Manchester
–
Pacific Enterprise
"
grain - general - apples
Liverpool
–
Bayano
"
meats - general
Liverpool
–
Salacia
"
 general - refrig. - mail
London
From HX 322
Empire MacDermott
"
grain
Liverpool
–
Cairnesk
"
general - mail
Plymouth
–
Dentonia Park
"
general
Liverpool
–
California Express
Norwegian
general - mail
Cardiff
–
Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Aboyne - see Notes

Notes:
Commodore, Vice Admiral S. S. Bouham-Carter was in Mataroa. Commodore's notes not available.

The Rescue Vessel Aboyne (requisitioned June 24-1943) was on her 8th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 266 on Nov. 14, to Halifax Nov. 29 - returning with HX 324 from Halifax Dec. 6, to Clyde Dec. 19. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).

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 (but not all) of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically.
This site has more on the the "Park" ships mentioned in this convoy.

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