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CONVOY HX 339
Advance Sailing Telegram gives departure New York on Febr. 17-1945.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 79 ships in this convoy, w/departure Febr. 18 - arrived Liverpool March 3.

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.

See also westbound convoys from the same time period, for instance ON 277 and ON 278

Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Walt Whitman
American
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Joseph H. Nicholson
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Luther Martin
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Edwin S. Nettleton
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Josiah Tattnell
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Stephen Smith
"
general
Barry Dock
From HX 338
James C. Cameron
"
general
Havre
From HX 338
Kenyon L. Butterfield
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
From HX 338
Alfred E. Smith
"
general
Cherbourg
From HX 338
James K. Paulding
"
general
Cherbourg
From HX 338
James Jackson
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
From HX 338
Robert B. Forbes
"
general
Solent f. o.
From HX 338
Ezra Meech?*
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
From HX 338?
* See notes re this ship on the page for HX 338.
Matthew J. O'Brien
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Richard Rush
"
general
Mersey f. o.
–
Rufus E. Foster
"
general
Mersey f. o.
–
Jonathan Trumball
"
general
Cherbourg
–
John Henry
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Henry S. Lane
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
James Smith
"
general
Cherbourg
–
Arthur J. Tyrer
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Thomas Heyward
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Floyd Gibbons
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Edward Everett
"
general
Newport
–
Albert S. Burleson
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Robert E. Clarkson
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
George L. Farley
"
general
Cherbourg
–
John Ringling
"
general
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Vincent Harrington
"
general
Swansea
–
James Bennett Moore
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Isaac M. Singer
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Johnny Appleseed
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 338
Joseph I. Kemp
"
general
Seine Light Vessel / Rouen
–
Henry Adams
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 338
John Stevenson
"
general
Liverpool
–
David Caldwell
"
general
Liverpool
–
George R. Poole
"
general
Manchester
–
Russell R. Jones
"
general
Manchester
–
Alexander S. Clay
"
general - explosives
Havre
–
Charles Carroll
"
general - explosives
Cherbourg
–
R. Walton Moore
"
general
Cherbourg
From HX 338
Herman Melville
"
general
Hull
–
Augustine B. McManus
"
general
Cherbourg
–
Frank E. Spencer*
"
general
Hull
–
* According to the Liberty Ships website, this ship was not delivered until March 18-1945.
Lucretia Mott
"
general
Cardiff
From HX 338
William Leroy Gable**
"
general
Mersey f. o.
–
** 2 of the external websites that I've linked to below list this ship as William Leory Gable, while the Empire Ships site has her as William Leroy Gable, which is also the spelling in the Advance Sailing Telegram.
Brasil
Norwegian
Tanker B
Manchester
–
Dalfonn
"
Tanker B
Mersey
–
Fagerfjell
"
Tanker B
Shellhaven
From HX 337
Havprins
"
Tanker B
Clyde
–
Havkong
"
Tanker B
Mersey
From HX 338
Norheim
"
Tanker W
Barry Roads f. o.
(Ex. Empire Pearl - see Norheim)
Thorhild
"
Tanker W
Mersey
–
Lista
"
general
Newcastle
–
Corilla
Dutch
Tanker W
Heysham
–
Murena
"
Tanker W
Clyde / Bowling
–
Aruba
"
general
Avonmouth
–
Waterland
"
general
Glasgow
–
Axel Johnson
Swedish
general
Liverpool
–
Belgian Freighter
Belgian
general
Downs f. o.
–
Belgian Gulf
Panamanian
Tanker W
Mersey / Manchester
–
Mataroa
British
refrig. - general
Liverpool
–
Taranaki
"
refrig. - general
Avonmouth
–
Trevince
"(?)
general
Manchester
–
Samkey
"
general
Downs f. o.
–
Westend Park
Canadian
lumber
Southend f. o. (London)
–
Samdel
British
grain - general
Downs f. o.
–
Regent Panther
"
Tanker W
Avonmouth
–
Nassarius
"
Tanker W
Belfast Dock
–
Seminole
"
Tanker W
Avonmouth
–
Chesapeake
"
Tanker B
Clyde
From HX 338
Nicholas Biddle
American
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 338
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
William Pepper
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 338
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
Eleazar Lord
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 338
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
Stage Door Canteen
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 338
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
Charles A. McAllister
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 338
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
Benjamin Schlesinger
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 338
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
John McDonogh
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 338
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
Eloy Alfaro
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 338
Joined Convoy JW 65
returned with RA 66
Horace Bushnell
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 338
Joined Convoy JW 65 - torpedoed
(follow link for info)
George A. Custer
"
none given
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Polarsol
Norwegian
none given
Avonmouth
–
Norlys
Panamanian
(Norw. managers)
none given
Clyde
–
Empire Beresford
British
none given
Downs f. o. (Antwerp)
–
Joining from Halifax - Sailed Febr. 20
Euryades
British
general
Liverpool
From HX 338
Kaituna
"
general
Liverpool
–
Catrine
"
flour
Leith
From HX 338
John Miller
American
general
Avonmouth
From HX 338
Whiteshell Park
Canadian
general - mail
Manchester
–
Also, the Rescue Vessel Aboyne - see Notes below.
From New Foundland (Febr. 22)
Caxton
British
newsprint
Manchester
See SC 167

Notes:
Commodore, Captain Sir A. J. Baxter, R.N.R. was in Mataroa.

Commodore's notes are not available.

The Rescue Vessel Aboyne was on her 10th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 281 on Jan. 27-1945, to Halifax Febr. 11 - returning with Convoy HX 339 from Halifax on Febr. 20, to Clyde March 3. ("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:
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 2 websites below have been used for the same purpose.
Fort (+ Ocean & Park) ships
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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