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
42-07-??
(Could also have been in June)
Durban,
South Africa
Empire Woodlark
Royal Air Force; others?
???
Durban,
South Africa
(Troops mutinied and were transferred to Oronsay)
42-07-??
Ken Stofer
(who was on board)
42-07-??
(Could also have been in June)
Durban,
South Africa
Oronsay
Royal Air Force; others?
???
Cape Town,
South Africa
42-07-??
Ken Stofer
(who was on board)
42-07-??
(Could also have been in June)
Cape Town,
South Africa
Johan van Olden Barneveldt
Royal Air Force; others?
???
Bombay,
India
42-07-??
Ken Stofer
(who was on board)
42-07-01
New York
NY
Argentina
about 8,000: 56th Signal Battalion [about 600]; 8th Air Force (Advance units); others
in convoy; number not known
Greenock,
Scotland
42-07-15
T/4 R. H. Searl, aboard with
56th Sig Bn
(more)
42-07-16
New York
NY
Louis A. Pasteur
12th Bombardment Group
sailed alone
Port Taufiq,
Egypt
42-08-16
Glenn Strom of the 12th BG, via H. Stoen
(more)
42-Fall
Greenock,
Scotland
Samual Chase
Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
In convoy
Algiers
42-??-??
David Hammonds
(whose father was on board)
42-08-02
Army Depot
New York
NY
15,125 1st Infantry Division Troops (first time in history that an entire U. S. division voyaged in one ship) & 863 crew
sailed alone
Gourock,
Scotland
42-08-07
TSgt G. W. Eldridge (to son), Weapons Platoon, Company I, 26th Infantry Regiment (1st Infantry Division) and S. Harding RMS Queen Mary, p. 77
(more)
42-08-06
New York
NY
West Point
(AP23)
7,441 passengers
joined convoy at Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
42-08-??
West Point crewman W. McLain
42-08-06
New York
NY
Uruguay
301st Bomb Group
joined convoy at Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
42-08-??
B. Thompson
(more)
42-08-06
New York,
NY
Andes
894th Tank Destroyer Battalion
joined convoy at Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
42-08-??
Via Brian Solinsky
(whose grandfather, Talmage Harrison, served with Co. A of the 894th and was on board)
42-08-09
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
West Point
(AP23)
7,441 passengers
In convoy
(12 total)
Liverpool
(via Halifax)
42-08-17
West Point crewman W. McLain
42-08-09
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Uruguay
301st Bomb Group
In convoy
(12 total)
Swansea,
Wales
42-08-18
B. Thompson
(more)
42-08-09
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Andes
894th Tank Destroyer Battalion
In convoy
(12 total)
Liverpool,
England
42-08-??
Via Brian Solinsky
(whose grandfather, Talmage Harrison, served with Co. A of the 894th and was on board)
42-08-11
Gourock,
Scotland
Unknown
???
New York,
NY
42-08-16
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
42-08-27
Greenock,
Scotland
Monterey
Unknown
Convoy No. TA-18
New York,
NY
42-09-05
National Archives and Records Administration records
(via Hugh Gibson who was on board the Monterey)
42-08-27
Greenock,
Scotland
Thomas H. Barry
Unknown
Convoy No. TA-18
New York,
NY
42-09-05
National Archives and Records Administration records
(via Hugh Gibson who was on board the Monterey)
42-08-27
Greenock,
Scotland
West Point
(AP23)
Unknown
Convoy No. TA-18
New York,
NY
42-09-05
National Archives and Records Administration records
(via Hugh Gibson who was on board the Monterey)
42-08-27
Greenock,
Scotland
Wakefield
Unknown
Convoy No. TA-18
Caught fire on Sept 4th and was beached at Halifax.
42-09-05
National Archives and Records Administration records
(via Hugh Gibson who was on board the Monterey)
42-08-31
New York,
NY
Queen Elizabeth
306th Bomb Group (8AF); others
Sailed alone
Gourock,
Scotland
42-09-05
Edward W. Dinstbier
(who was on board); also July 04 issue of "306th Echoes"
42-09-05
New York,
NY
Unknown
???
Gourock,
Scotland
42-09-11
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
42-09-14
Gourock,
Scotland
Unknown
???
New York,
NY
42-09-19
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
42-09-27
New York,
NY
Unknown
???
Gourock,
Scotland
42-10-03
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
42-10-??
New York,
NY
J. W. McAndrews
Invasion troops
???
Casablanca,
French Morroco
???
Memory of Kathy Duell's father
42-10-05
San Francisco
CA
President Coolidge
103rd Field Artillery Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (43rd Infantry Division); Navy Construction Battalion men (total of 5,050 troops)
???
Espiritu Santo (sunk by U. S. mine ; after stop to drop off CB's in Noumea, New Caledonia)
42-10-26
F. Pezzelli, 103rd AFAB, who was aboard
(more)
42-10-08
Gourock,
Scotland
Unknown
???
Boston,
MA
42-10-14
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
42-10-20
San Francisco,
CA
Poelau Laut
503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (1,939 enlisted men and officers)
Sailed alone
Cairns,
North Queensland,
Australia
42-12-02
Three Winds of Death - The Saga of the 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team in the South Pacific by Bennett M. Guthrie
(via Caffery J. Dugas II whose father (T/4 Caffery J. Dugas was on board)
42-10-24
USA?
Hugh L. Scott
(AP-43)

(final voyage before torpedoed
43-11-12)
Troops for North African assault
???
(part of assault fleet)
Fedhala,
French Morocco
42-11-08
Dictionary of American Fighting Ships via
T. Pascoe
(more)
42-10-25
Norfolk
VA
Hayes
part of Western Task Force
Convoy of 105 ships
Fedala,
Morocco
42-11-08
J. Copeland, one of the troops aboard the SS Cleveland
(more)
42-10-25
Norfolk
VA
Augusta
part of Western Task Force
Convoy of 105 ships
Fedala,
Morocco
42-11-08
J. Copeland, one of the troops aboard the SS Cleveland
(more)
42-10-25
Norfolk
VA
Cleveland
part of Western Task Force
Convoy of 105 ships
Fedala,
Morocco
42-11-08
J. Copeland, one of the troops aboard the SS Cleveland
(more)
42-11-??
Hawaii
Nieuw Amsterdam?
65th Engineering; others?
Unknown
New Zealand
42-??-??
Floyd Bailey
(whose father-in-law was on board)
(more)
42-11-01
New York
NY
West Point
(AP23)
8,091 passengers
Sailed alone
Bombay,
India
(via Rio)
42-11-29
West Point crewman W. McLain
42-11-02
New York,
NY
John Ericcson
Company A Maintenance Battalion (2nd Armored Division)
???
Casablanca,
Morocco
42-11-19
Papers of William E. Tidwell
(who was on board)
(via David Tidwell)
(more)
42-11-04
Boston,
MA
Unknown
???
New York,
NY
42-11-05
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
42-11-22
New York
NY
Queen Elizabeth
15,000 troops: 78th Fighter Group; more
sailed alone
Scotland
42-11-27
W. Blystone of 78th FG who was aboard
(more)
42-12-??
New York,
NY
Monarco
???
in convoy (about 100 ships); number not known
North Africa
43-01-??
Jeffrey E. Bains's father who was on board.
(more)
42-12-02
San Diego,

CA

Day Star
US Marines CAS Co, FMFTC, CE
???
Upoli,
Samoa
42-12-27
Alumni testimonials & military records of a now deceased Marine
(via Larry Daniels)
42-12-08
New York
NY
10,389 troops and 950 crew
sailed alone
Gourock,
Scotland
42-12-14
S. Harding - Gray Ghost
42-12-11
Fort Dix
New Jersey
American
units of 2nd Armored Division
in convoy; number not known
Casablanca
42-12-24
The G.I.'s War, by Edwin Hoyt, via
D. Dunthorn
(more)
42-12-11
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Ancon
(AP-66)
units of 2nd Armored Division
in convoy; number not known
Casablanca
42-12-24
The G.I.'s War, by Edwin Hoyt, via
D. Dunthorn
(more)
42-12-11
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Argentina
units of 2nd Armored Division
in convoy; number not known
Casablanca
42-12-24
The G.I.'s War, by Edwin Hoyt, via
D. Dunthorn
(more)
42-12-11
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Brazil
units of 2nd Armored Division
in convoy; number not known
Casablanca
42-12-24
The G.I.'s War, by Edwin Hoyt, via
D. Dunthorn
(more)
42-12-11
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Chiriqui
units of 2nd Armored Division
in convoy; number not known
Casablanca
42-12-24
The G.I.'s War, by Edwin Hoyt, via
D. Dunthorn
(more)
42-12-16
Liverpool,
England
Orion
68th Field Regiment Royal Artillery (South Midlands)
In convoy
Number unknown
Freetown,
Sierra Leone
42-12-28
68th Regiment war diaries and
service records of Thomas Edward Pheasey
(via Colin Pheasey)
(more)
42-12-23
Gourock
Scotland
10,669 troops
(to Massawa)
& 800 crew
sailed alone
Massawa,
Eritrea
(via Freetown, Cape Town, Aden, Suez)
43-01-28
S. Harding - Gray Ghost