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CONVOY HX 337
Departed New York City on Febr. 7-1945 and arrived Liverpool on the 21st.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 68 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
Details re. Arctic convoys were found in "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945" by Bob Ruegg and Arnold Hague.

Crossed out ships did not sail.
A 1 form is not available to me and, therefore, I don't know the station numbers for these ships.

For info, some of the ships in this convoy had previously arrived with the westbound Convoy ON 277; see also ON 278.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Vivi
Norwegian
Tanker W
Dingle
From HX 336
Had caught on fire, see Vivi
Tiba
Dutch
lumber
Hull
From HX 336
Nuculana
British
Tanker W
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
From HX 336
Samsacola
"
metal - lumber - deck
Leith Dock
From HX 336
Sovac
"
Tanker B
Swansea / London
From HX 336
Samnegros
"
general - deck
Downs f. o.
From HX 336
San Venancio
"
Tanker W
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
Lawrence J. Brengle
American
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 336
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
James M. Gillis
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 336
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
Grace Abbott
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 336
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
William Wheelwright
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
Listed in HX 338
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
Leo J. Duster
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 336
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
Winfred L. Smith
"
general - explosives
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
Listed in HX 338
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
Donald W. Bain
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 336
John Sharp Williams
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 336
Listed in HX 338
Samuel Johnston
"
general
Havre
From HX 336
Lou Gehrig
"
general
Havre
From HX 336
Charles Tufts
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 336
Eugene Hale
"
general
Cardiff
From HX 336
Hilary A. Herbert
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
From HX 336
George P. Garrison
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
From HX 336
William Dean Howells
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
From HX 336
Frank Park
"
general - explosives
Cherbourg
From HX 336
Joseph M. Medill
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
From HX 336
Joseph Leidy
"
general
Cherbourg
–
Nathaniel Crosby
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Bernard Carter
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Anthony Wayne
"
general
Newport
–
Robert G. Ingersoll
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Ferdinand Gagnon
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
James C. Cameron
"
general
Solent f. o.
To HX 338 - did not sail
Listed in HX 339
John Mitchell
"
general
Solent f. o.
Listed in HX 338
Fort Orange
Dutch
general
Solent f. o.
Listed in HX 338
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American
general
Solent f. o.
Listed in HX 338
Mary Ball
"
general
Liverpool
–
Robert Neighbors
"
general
Solent f. o.
Listed in HX 338
John S. Pillsbury
"
general
Havre
–
Smith Thompson
"
general
Solent f. o.
Listed in HX 338
Henry Baldwin
"
general
Avonmouth
–
Wynn Seale
"
general
Liverpool / Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
From HX 334
Christopher Gadsden
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Atlanta City
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Richard H. Alvey
"
general
Liverpool
–
George Wythe
"
general
Havre
–
Milton B. Medary
"
general
Cherbourg
–
Elijah Kellogg
"
general
Solent f. o.
Listed in HX 338
John Hanson
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Joseph Augustin Chevalier
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 338
James B. Richardson
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 338
George Durant
"
general
Glasgow
Listed in HX 338
William R. Day
"
general
London
Listed in HX 338
Ambrose E. Burnside
"
general
Manchester
From HX 336
Joined HX 338 - returned
(not listed in HX 339;
later convoys not available)
William D. Pender
"
general
Hull
–
Mack Bruton Bryan
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 338
Richard Upjohn
"
general
Liverpool / Garston
–
Carl Zachary Webb
"
general
Liverpool
–
William Tyler
"
general
Manchester
–
T. E. Mitchell
"
general
Manchester
–
James Roy Wells
"
general
London
–
Robert Rogers
"
general
Mersey
Listed in HX 338
Laura Bridgman
"
general - explosives
Cherbourg
–
William Kent
"
general - explosives
Cherbourg
–
Carter Braxton
"
general - explosives
Havre
–
Frederic E. Ives
"
general - explosives
Cherbourg
–
John S. Mosby
"
general - explosives
Havre
–
John W. Powell
"
general - explosives
Mersey
Listed in HX 338
Charles Dauray
"
general - explosives
Swansea
–
John Hathorn
"
general - explosives
Southend f. o.
Listed in HX 338
Jose Bonifacio
"
general - explosives
Hull
–
Fort La Cloche
British
general
Downs f. o.
Listed in HX 338
Glenstrae
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 338
Manchester Exporter
"
general
Manchester
Listed in HX 338
Manchester Trader
"
general - explosives
Manchester
–
Norman Monarch
"
general - explosives
Downs f. o.
–
Dorcasia
"
Tanker B
Dublin
–
Ancylus
"
Adm. tanker
Clyde
From HX 336
Chesapeake
"
Tanker W
Bowling
To HX 338 - did not sail
Listed in HX 339
Mewata Park
"
general - lead - lumber
London
From HX 336
Empire Puma
"
corn
Glasgow
Listed in HX 338
Fordsdale
"
frozen - general
London
–
Roxane
French
Adm. tanker B
Liverpool
From HX 336
Fagerfjell
Norwegian
Tanker B
Stanlow
From HX 336
To HX 339 - did not sail
G. C. Brøvig
"
Adm. tanker B
Clyde
From HX 336
Polartank
"
Adm. tanker B
Clyde
–
Laurits Swenson
"
general
London
From HX 336
Maaskerk
Dutch
general
Liverpool
–
Hilton
American
general
Mersey f. o.
To HX 338 - returned
Joseph C. Lincoln
"
none given
Barry Dock
–
Grenville M. Dodge
"
none given
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Joining from Halifax - Sailed Febr. 9
Phrontis
Dutch
grain - general - explosives
Hull
–
Empire MacKay
British
Adm. tanker B (MAC)
Clyde
–
Ethelbert Nevin
American
gliders - grain
London
From HX 336
Harald Torsvik
Norwegian
general
Cherbourg
Liberty Ship
See Harald Torsvik
Mosdale
"
general - meats - mail
Liverpool
–
Green Gables Park
Canadian
lumber - zinc - 8 passengers
Liverpool
From HX 336
Also, the Rescue Vessel Bury - see Notes below.

Notes:
Commodore, Captain B. W. L. Nicholson, R.N. was in the Norwegian Laurits Swenson.

Commodore's notes are not available.

The Rescue Vessel Bury was on her 20th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ONS 40 on Jan. 12-1945, to Halifax Jan. 30 - returning to Clyde with Convoy HX 337, Febr. 9-Febr. 21. Towards the end of this voyage she was instrumental in rescuing 36 of the crew of one of the escorts, HMS Vervain, which was sunk on Febr. 20 by U-1276 (I've also seen this sinking credited to U-1208). Bury's previous voyage had been with Convoys ON 267 / HX 325. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).

Please note that more information on all the Norwegian ships listed in this convoy can be found with the help of the index below.

Related external links:
The attack on HMS Vervain - As will be seen the U-boat was sunk by one of the other escorts, HMS Amethyst.

Eastbound convoys 1944 & 1945 - This page shows all the other eastbound convoys sailing in 1944 and 1945 in chronological order.

Liberty Ships - This website has been used to check the spelling of all the Liberty ships listed in this convoy (convoy docs don't always have the correct spelling, or they may be difficult to decipher); as will be seen, a few of them had just been delivered in Jan.-1945.
The Empire ships website also lists "Sam"-ships and other Liberty ships.

See also:
List of Liberty Ships by Hull No. - Includes info on some of the men and women for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).

Russian Convoys - JW 65 and RA 66 are included.

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