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CONVOY JW 61

Convoy JW 61 Cruising Order
Departed Loch Ewe Oct. 20-1944, arrived Kola Inlet Oct. 28 (30 ships)
For info, some of the ships in this convoy had previously arrived U.K. with Convoy HX 310 from New York, others with HX 311.

Br=British, Am=American, Norw-Norwegian
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Fort Romaine
(Br)
21
Stage Door Canteen
(Am)
31
Abner Nash
(Am)
41
Winfred L Smith
(Am)
51
Nicholas Biddle
(Am)
61
Fort Crevecoeur
(Br)
71
William Pepper
(Am)
 81
Benjamin Schlesinger
(Am)		 91
William Wheelright
(Am)		 101
Harold L Winslow
(Am)
12
John Sharp Williams
(Am)
22
Dolabella
(Br)
32
Joyce Kilmer
(Am)
42
Noreg
(Norw)
52
62
72
Laurelwood
(Br)
 82
James M Gillis
(Am)		 92
Fort Yukon
(Br)		 102
Keith Palmer
(Am)
13
Eleazar Lord
(Am)
23
San Venancio
(Br)
 33
Henry Adams
(Am)		 43
 53 63
 73 83
Donald W Bain
(Am)		 93
Marathon *
(Norw)		 103
Eloy Alfaro
(Am)
14
Lawrence J Brengle
(Am)		 24
Park Benjamin
(Am)		 34
Andrew W Preston
(Am)		 44
 54 64
 74 84
Syrian Prince
Rescue Ship
(Br)		 94
Lapland
(Br)		 104
Collis P Huntington
(Am)


Commodore was in Fort Crevecoeur, Vice Commodore in Fort Yukon and Rear Commodore in Dolabella.

Laurelwood and Noreg were escort oilers.

* See "Some conflicting information" on my page about Marathon.

6 Russian SC boats were also in the convoy.

Syrian Prince was on her 6th voyage as Rescue Vessel, sailing with the convoy from Loch Ewe to the Kola Inlet, then returned with Convoy RA 61 from Kola to Clyde, Nov. 2-Nov 10-1944.

No ships were lost.

Escorts:
Oct. 20-Oct. 28 (Close Escort): Destroyer Walker, sloops Lapwing and Lark, corvettes Camellia, Oxlip, and Rhododendron (8th Escort Group).
Oct. 22-Oct. 28: Cruiser Dido, destroyers Obedient, Offa, Onslow, Opportune, Oribi, and Orwell.
Also: Escort Carriers Nairana, Tracker and Vindex, frigates Byron, Conn, Deane, Fitzroy, Inglis, Lawson, Loring, Louis, Mounsey, Narborough, Redmill and Rupert.

The above went on to escort Convoy RA 61 (link above).

Related external links:
An Authobiography - Scroll down on the page for an interesting personal account of the passage of this convoy.

Russian Convoys

Arctic Convoys main page

To the next JW convoy in my list JW 63
(JW 62 is available at the external link "Russian Convoys" above)

Sources for the information on this page: Convoys to Russia 1941-1945, Bob Ruegg/Arnold Hague, 1992, and "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague, 1998.

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