July to December

The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. "According to our [U. S. National Archives] records, in 1951 the Department of the Army destroyed all passenger lists, manifests, logs of vessels, and troop movement files of United States Army Transports for World War II." (Sorry, but there was no word on why the records were destroyed.) Thus there is no longer an official record of who sailed on what ship, though there are still valuable sources that can be found. So this web page is an informal collecting ground for information about troop ship crossings.

If you have information about a crossing, please submit your information.



  • The list is in chronological order by departure date. So if you are looking for a particular ship or unit, you will have to use the FIND function in your browser. Unit names are spelled out when they fit (but not always); so search for the unit number - e.g., "106" or "106th" for the 106th Infantry Division.
  • Different units aboard are separated by semi-colons (;). If a unit was attached to another unit, either the larger unit will be in parentheses - e.g. "38th Armored Infantry Battalion (7th Armored Division)", or vice versa "7th Armored Division (38th Armored Infantry Battalion)". This means only the smaller unit is known to have been on board; the larger unit is included, since people may be searching on that. Note that units may have crossed on multiple ships.
  • Ships going into Greenoch (and variant spellings) or Glasgow or Firth of Clyde, Scotland were all going to the same destination. So search on "Scotland" for any arrivals there, since the variants are numerous.
  • RAMPs are Recovered Allied Military Personnel. These were former prisoners of war, who had priority for going home.
  • Unknown, incomplete, or uncertain items of information are in bold type. If you know any of these, please submit your information.
Departure Date
Embarkation Place
Vessel
Units on Board
Convoy Number
Debarkation Place
Arrival Date
Source of Information
41-07-26
Suez
Unknown
???
Sydney,
Australia
(via Trincomalee & Freemantle)
41-08-15
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
41-08-21
Sydney, Australia
Unknown
???
Hobart,
Australia
41-08-23
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
41-09-01
Hobart,
Australia
Unknown
???
Sydney,
Australia
41-09-02
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
41-09-03
Sydney, Australia
Unknown
???
Suez
(via Freemantle & Trincomalee)
41-09-23
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
41-09-24
Suez
Unknown
???
Sydney,
Australia
(via Trincomalee & Freemantle)
41-10-13
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
41-10-04
San Francisco,
CA
Willard Holbrook
19th Bomb Group Ground Echelon & support units
???
Manila,
Philippines
41-10-??
Mark Kelso
(whose grandfather was on board)
also
Robert B. Heer
41-10-15
Sydney,
Australia
Unknown
???
Hobart,
Australia
41-10-16
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
41-10-22
Hobart,
Australia
Unknown
???
Sydney,
Australia
41-10-23
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
41-11-01
Sydney,
Australia
Unknown
???
Suez
(via Jervis Bay, Freemantle & Trincomalee)
41-11-22
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
41-11-10
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Mount Vernon
Members of the British 18th Division
(including 53rd Brigade?)
5,103 troops total
Convoy #WS-12X
Capetown,
South Africa
41-12-09
Elisha W.
41-11-10
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
West Point
Members of the British 18th Division
(including 55th Brigade; plus 100 men of a US Army Field Service company)
5,538 troops total
(3,250 troops from Bombay to Singapore)
Convoy #WS-12X
Capetown,
South Africa
41-12-09
Elisha W.
41-11-10
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Leonard Wood
Members of the British 18th Division
Convoy #WS-12X
Capetown,
South Africa
41-12-09
Elisha W.
41-11-10
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Joseph T. Dickman
Members of the British 18th Division
Convoy #WS-12X
Capetown,
South Africa
41-12-09
Elisha W.
41-11-10
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Wakefield
(AP-21)
Members of the British 18th Division
~6,000 troops total
(4,479 from Bombay to Singapore)
Convoy #WS-12X
Capetown,
South Africa
41-12-09
Elisha W.
41-11-23
Suez
Unknown
???
Cape Town,
South Africa
(via Trincomalee)
41-12-28
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
41-11-28
Shanghai,
China
President Harrison
Elements of the USMC 4th Marine Regiment
Unknown
Run aground on 41-12-08 after being caught by Japanese cruiser.
41-12-08
US Merchant Marine web site (via Elisha W.)
41-Nov or Dec
Manila,
Philippines
President Coolidge
Unknown
In convoy
Pearl Harbor,
HI
41-12-16
(via Elisha W.)
41-Nov or Dec
Manila,
Philippines
Hugh L. Scott
Unknown
In convoy
Pearl Harbor,
HI
41-12-16
(via Elisha W.)
41-12-??
Capetown,
South Africa
Mount Vernon
Members of the British 18th Division
(including 53rd Brigade?)
5,103 troops total
Unknown
Mombasa,
Kenya
41-12-29
Elisha W.
41-12-14
Capetown,
South Africa
West Point
(AP-23)
Members of the British 18th Division
(including 55th Brigade; plus 100 men of a US Army Field Service company)
5,528 troops total
Unknown
Bombay,
India
41-12-27
Elisha W.
41-12-14
Capetown,
South Africa
Leonard Wood
(AP-25 / APA-12)
Members of the British 18th Division
Unknown
Bombay,
India
41-12-27
Elisha W.
41-12-14
Capetown,
South Africa
Joseph T. Dickman
(AP-26 / APA-13)
Members of the British 18th Division
Unknown
Bombay,
India
41-12-27
Elisha W.
41-12-14
Capetown,
South Africa
Wakefield
Members of the British 18th Division
~6,000 troops total
(4,479 from Bombay to Singapore)
Unknown
Bombay,
India
41-12-27
Elisha W.
41-12-12
New York,
NY
(Brooklyn Army Base)
Chateau Thierry
US Army Air Corps detachments from Mitchel Field in Long Island
In convoy
Reykjavik,
Iceland
41-12-23
John V. Daube
(who was on board)
41-12-29
Cape Town,
South Africa
Unknown
???
New York,
NY
(via Trinidad)
42-01-12
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
41-12-Late
or
42-01-??
Mombasa,
Kenya
Mount Vernon
Members of the British 18th Division
5,103 troops total
Convoy
#DM1
Singapore
42-01-12
Elisha W.