1943 Troop Ship Crossings - 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.

| January through June | July Through December |

Departure Date	Embarkation Place	Vessel	Units on Board	Convoy Number	Debarkation Place	Arrival Date	Source of Information
43-mid summer	Liverpool England	Aquitania	Donald Child of the RCAF	???	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	43-mid summer	Donald Child of the RCAF
43-07-??	San Francisco, CA	Klipfontain	US Army troops	None	Australia	43-08-??	Gilbert Cooney (who was on board)
43-07-??	Bombay, India	City of London	350 troops of the 18th Depot Repair Squadron	Sailed alone	Khorramshahr, Iran	43-07-??	Charles E. Powers (who was on board)
43-07-04	San Francisco CA	George Washington	1st Cavalry Division (99th Field Artillery Battalion)	???	???	???	Robert Bungarz, via J. Onnink
43-07-04	Gourock, Scotland	Queen Mary	4,427 passengers & 908 crew	Unknown	New York, NY	43-07-09	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
43-07-08	Oran Algeria	Anne Arundel (AP-76)	45th Infantry Division (elements of 180th Infantry Regiment); 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion (one company)	convoy for 45 Infantry Division	Sicily	43-07-10	W. Eldredge (more)
43-07-08	Oran, Algeria	Barnett (AP-11)	45th Infantry Division (elements of 179th Infantry Regiment); 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion (one company)	convoy for 45 Infantry Division	Sicily	43-07-10	W. Eldredge (more)
43-07-08	Oran, Algeria	Florence Nightingale	45th Infantry Division (including elements of 179th Infantry Regiment)	convoy for 45 Infantry Division	Sicily	43-07-10	Amy J-H. Pierce (more)
43-07-08	Oran, Algeria	Leonard Wood	45th Infantry Division	convoy for 45 Infantry Division	Sicily	43-07-10	Amy J-H. Pierce (more)
43-07-08	Oran, Algeria	Dorothea L. Dix	45th Infantry Division	convoy for 45 Infantry Division	Sicily	43-07-10	Amy J-H. Pierce (more)
43-07-08	Oran, Algeria	Alcyone	45th Infantry Division	convoy for 45 Infantry Division	Sicily	43-07-10	Amy J-H. Pierce (more)
43-07-08	Oran, Algeria	Harry Lee	45th Infantry Division	convoy for 45 Infantry Division	Sicily	43-07-10	Amy J-H. Pierce (more)
43-07-10	New York NY	West Point (AP23)	7.928 passengers	sailed alone	Bombay, India (via Rio and Capetwon)	43-08-12	West Point crewman W. McLain
98-07-16	New York NY	Edmund B. Alexander	about 5,000 replacements	??? (in convoy; number unknown)	Liverpool, England	43-07-26?	C. Danneman in 1998 Ocean Liner Gazette article ; M. Daniels in Lucky 7th (1990), p. 220
43-07-23	New York, NY	Queen Mary	15,740 troops & 943 crew	Unknown	Gourock, Scotland	43-07-30	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
43-08?-01?	Liverpool England	Samaria	about 300 replacements	(with Empress of Australia and British corvette)	Reykjavik, Iceland	43-08-04	C. Danneman in 1998 Ocean Liner Gazette article ; M. Daniels in Lucky 7th (1990), p. 220
43-08?-01?	Liverpool England	Empress of Australia	about 300 replacements	(with Samaria and British corvette)	Reykjavik, Iceland	43-08-04	C. Danneman in 1998 Ocean Liner Gazette article ; M. Daniels in Lucky 7th (1990), p. 220
43-08-01	Boston, MA	Yarmouth	424th Ca Anti Aircraft 40mm; 90mm Support Unit	Unknown	Greenland	43-08-25	George Laustsen
43-08-05	Gourock, Scotland	Queen Mary	2,305 passengers & 1,036 crew	Unknown	New York, NY	43-08-09	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
43-08-07	San Francisco CA	Tyler F. Goodwin	(Navy aviator)	???	Hawaii	???	Goodwin, Shobun (1995), p. 13
43-08-19	New York NY	Queen Elizabeth	67th Fighter Wing; other troops - 15,000 in all	sailed alone	Firth of Clyde, Scotland	43-08-25	D. Basler of 67th Fighter Group (more)
43-08-21	New York, NY	Unknown	Hundreds of troops; 55 women (including 51 nurses, 3 Red Cross workers, 1 physical therapist and 1 dietician)	In convoy of approx 10 ships	Oran, Algeria	43-09-02	Howard Bernstein (whose mother was on board) (more)
43-08-21	Pier 12, Staten Island, NY	Thurston	93rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion	???	Oran, Algeria	43-09-02	Officer's Log Book of Lt. John F. Brady (via son, Kevin Brady)
43-08-21	Staten Island, NY	Santa Elena	84th Depot Repair Squadron (US Army Air Force) and others	UGF-10	Bizerte, Tunisia	43-09-04	Harry Squire (who was on board) (more); also History of United States Navel Operations in World War II by Samuel Eliot Morison, Vol. X, p.261
43-08-27	New York, NY	Queen Mary	15,116 troops & 937 crew	Unknown	Gourock, Scotland	43-08-31	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
43-09-05	USA	(Multiple Ships)	3rd Armored Division	???	Bristol and Liverpool, England	43-09-15	Web Page of the Archives of the 3rd Armored Division
43-09-05	Camp Shanks, New York NY	Mexico	99th Infantry Battalion	In convoy	Scotland	43-09-15 or 16	Two unit histories of the 99th Infantry Battalion
43-09-05	Gourock, Scotland	Queen Mary	Unknown	Unknown	New York, NY	43-09-10	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
43-09-07	Los Angeles, CA	George Washington	Approx 7,500 troops including - 25th Field Hospital; engineering units; others	None	Bombay, India (via Tasmania & Perth)	43-10-19 ??	Howard T. Sherman (who was on board)
43-09-13	San Francisco CA	Etolin	80th Airdrome Squadron; others	Sailed Alone	Port Moresby, New Guinea	43-10-14	E. Meyer, 80th Airdrome Sq, who was aboard (more)
43-09-13	USA	John Brown	Unknown	Unknown	Oran, Algeria	43-10-06	Web reference
43-09-15	Attu Island	Sackajawea	1st Battalion (32nd Infantry Regiment (7th Infantry Division))	???	Honolulu	43-09-29	R. Nelson’s diary (more)
43-09-16??	Treasure Island Naval Base San Francisco CA	General Willard A. Holbrook	about 3000 U.S. Navy and Army replacement personnel	sailed alone	Brisbane, Australia	43-10-07	L. Walker (on board) (more)
43-09-19	U.S.A.	???	2nd Infantry Division (Advance Detachment)	???	England	43-09-25	US Army Forces in Northern Ireland: Chronology
43-09-20	New York NY	Queen Mary	John de Blasio	sailed alone	Gourock/ Glasgow, Scotland	43-09-25	J. de Blasio in Lucky 7th (1990), p. 222 and S. Harding Gray Ghost, p. 78
43-09-20	San Francisco, CA	Lurline	Casual Detachment 1688 A, 1688 B, and 1688 C (eventually became known as the 5307th Composite Unit Provitional "Merrills Marauders")	Unknown	Bombay, India (via New Caledonia, Brisbane & Freemantle)	43-10-29	Spearhead (via Samuel Gonce whose fathe was on board) (more)
43-09-25	San Francisco CA	West Point (AP23)	7,979 passengers	sailed alone	Sydney, Australia	43-10-10	West Point crewman W. McLain
43-09-25	San Francisco, CA	Mormacwren	Unassigned casuals	None	New Caledonia	43-10-16	Raymond E. Reuling (who was on board)
43-09-29	Gourock, Scotland	Queen Mary	Unknown	Unknown	New York, NY	43-10-05	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
43-10-??	Liverpool, England	Marnix Van St. Aldegonde	1st Battalion Berkshire Regiment; others (2,924 troops total plus 278 crew & 33 gunners)	In convoy	Middle East	Sank - 43-11-06	Mike Reader's father (more)
43-10-08	Boston, MA	Cristobol	110th Infantry; other 28th Infantry Division units	In convoy with Santa Rosa and USS Gibbons	Newport, England	43-10-18	"Gentlemen From Hell" The History of the 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division page 22 by Charles "Chuck" Chattaway (via Major (ret) Bruce K Baker)
43-10-08	U.S.A.	???	2nd Infantry Division (Main Body)	???	England	43-10-18	US Army Forces in Northern Ireland: Chronology
43-10-09	Boston MA	Santa Elena	291st Engineer Combat Battalion; 296th Engineer Combat Battalion; (over 4,000 military personnel on board)	In convoy	Liverpool, England	43-10-19	291st History book of father of ED H 2651@aol.com and Pergrin & Hammel, First Across the Rhine (1989), p. 13-14 and Bridges to Berlin - A History of the 296th Engineer Combat Batalion (via WW2Connections @aol.com)
43-10-09	New York NY	Queen Mary	Royal Canadian Air Force troops, including James La Force (either on this trip or the Queen Mary trip on 43-10-24)	sailed alone	Gourock, Scotland	43-10-15	J. La Force (more) and S. Harding - Gray Ghost, p. 78
43-10-10	New York, NY (Brooklyn Army Base)	Robin Sherwood	604th Engineer Camouflage Battalion (472 officers & enlisted men)	In convoy (number unknown)	Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom	43-11-06	Joseph Walter Watson (who was on board as a member of the 3rd Platoon, Company B)
43-10-18	Gourock, Scotland	Queen Mary	Unknown	Unknown	New York, NY	43-10-24	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
43-10-21	Pier 84, New York, NY	Monarch of Bermuda	Medical detachments	Unknown	Liverpool, England	43-11-02	Pvt. George Murdock (who was on board)
43-10-22	Boston, MA	Shawnee	430th AAA AW Mobile Battalion	Unknown	Cardiff, Wales	43-11-02	Official unit history of the 430th AAA AW Mobile Battalion
43-10-24	New York NY	Queen Mary	Royal Canadian Air Force troops, including James La Force (either on this trip or the Queen Mary trip on 43-10-09)	sailed alone	Gourock, Scotland	43-11-02	J. La Force (more) and S. Harding - Gray Ghost, p. 78
43-10-27	U.S.A	???	2nd Infantry Division (Rear Detachment)	???	England	43-11-02	US Army Forces in Northern Ireland: Chronology
43-11-05	Gourock, Scotland	Queen Mary	1,475 passengers & 903 crew	Unknown	New York NY	43-11-11	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
43-11-08	San Francisco CA	West Point (AP23)	7,931 passengers	sailed alone	Honolulu HI	43-11-12	West Point crewman W. McLain
43-11-10	Los Angeles, CA	Hermitage	Approx. 8,000 troops & 1,000 crew on board. 508th Port Battalion, WACS, nurses.	sailed alone	Bombay, India	43-12-24	T/5 Franklin A. Garrison (who was on board)
43-11-12	New York, NY	Andes	894th Ordnance Heavy Automotive Maintainence Company	Sailed alone	Liverpool, England	43-11-20	894th Unit history from US Army Military Institute (via web form)
43-11-15	New York, NY	Queen Mary	12,146 troops & 904 crew	Unknown	Gourock, Scotland	43-11-20	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
43-11-17	Port Alexandria, Egypt	Almanzora	6 LAA Battery	Unknown	The Clyde, Scotland	43-11-??	"The Coleraine Battery" by Ronnie Gamble (via Ronnie Gamble)
43-11-23	New York, NY	Queen Elizabeth	357th Fighter Group	???	Firth of Clyde, Scotland	43-11-29	"The 357th Over Europe" by Merle Olmsted, pg. 18 (via Michael Howell)
43-11-23	Hampton Roads, VA	John Banvard	82nd Engineer Combat Battalion	In convoy (possibly UGS-25)	Oran, North Africa	43-12-13	82nd Engineer Combat Battalion website (via Robert Castioni)
43-11-23	Hampton Roads, VA	Conrad Weiser	82nd Engineer Combat Battalion	In convoy (possibly UGS-25)	Oran, North Africa	43-12-13	82nd Engineer Combat Battalion website (via Robert Castioni)
43-11-24	San Francisco CA	West Point (AP23)	7,993 passengers	sailed alone	Milne Bay	43-12-10	West Point crewman W. McLain
43-11-24	Gourock, Scotland	Queen Mary	1,203 passengers & 910 crew	Unknown	New York, NY	43-11-30	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
43-11-25	Oran Algeria	Rohna	2,193 passengers (1,988 Americans: 1889 enlisted men, 92 officers, 7 Red Cross); 195 crew	KMF26	enroute to Bombay, India; torpedoed and sunk between Algiers and Phillipville in Mediterranean	torpedoed and sunk 43-11-26	V. Todd (more)
43-11-25?	Oran Algeria?	Rajula	American troops	KMF26	enroute to Port Said and then Bombay, India?	???	K. Keeling via S. McFie (more)
43-11-25?	Oran Algeria?	Karona	???	KMF26	enroute to Port Said and then Bombay, India?	???	V. Todd and K. Keeling via S. McFie (more)
43-11-29	USN RB Lido Beach Long Island NY	Aquitania	Navy: Force "O" Underwater Demolition Team #5 or #25; Duha 20; AATSB; Navy No. 417	sailed alone	Firth of Clyde, Scotland	43-12-11	Summary of Service of J. Clifford and discharge paper of F. Darcy (via S. Darcy) (more)
43-late??	Boston, MA	Sterling Castle	101 ABDIV, 326th Airborne Medical Company, 92nd Mediacl Gas Battalion	???	Liverpool, England	43-12-??	Service record of Robert James Foust (via Becky Foust)
43-12-??	???	Felda Braden (Dutch ship)	Marines, others?	???	Okinawa	??	Sandy (whose father was a Marine on board)
43-12-03	Pier 92 New York NY	Queen Mary	11,907 troops and 1,080 crew	sailed alone	Gourock, Scotland	43-12-09	R. Pinches, via J. Baker and S. Harding - Gray Ghost, p. 78
43-12-05	New York NY	Brittanic (NOT the Britanic, which was the sister ship of the Titanic)	957th Field Artillery Battalion; 721st Field Artillery Battalion	Large convoy (Possibly 142 ships)	Liverpool, England	43-12-15	End of Mission (1945 history of the 957th FAB), thanks to M. Mitchell; also James G. White, Jr.
43-12-05	New York NY	???	8th Infantry Division	convoy for 8th Infantry Division, convoy number not known	Belfast, Northern Ireland	43-12-15	US Army Forces in Northern Ireland: Chronology
43-12-05	New York NY	Excelsior	8th Infantry Division	convoy for 8th Infantry Division (about 140 ships), convoy number not known	Belfast, Northern Ireland	43-12-15	Father of C. Smith and US Army Forces in Northern Ireland: Chronology
43-12-05	New York, NY	Strathnaver	507th Parachute Infantry Regiment; 115th AAA Gun Battalion (Mobile)	In convoy, convoy number not known	Liverpool, England	43-12-15	Unpublished Manuscript "507th Parachute Infantry Regiment 1942-1945" by Gary N. Fox
43-12-10	San Francisco CA	General John Pope	replacements	???	New Caledonia	44-12-23	Journal of Sabino Goitia , via E. Kennedy
43-12-14	Pier 90 New York, NY	TTS NY 666 (Queen Elizabeth)	USAAF 365th Fighter Group; 386th, 387th, 388th Fighter Squadrons; Others	sailed alone	Greenock, Scotland	44-12-20	Unit History, 388th Fighter Squadron (via Paul D. Kraman whose brother was on board)
43-12-14	Gourock, Scotland	Queen Mary	2,847 passengers & 1,087 crew	Unknown	New York, NY	43-12-20	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
43-12-17	New Orleans, LA	USAT 403 ???	2079th Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation)	Unknown	Colon, Canal Zone	43-12-23	Dave Watts' father, who was on board
43-12-??	USA	Brazil	43rd Field Hospital	???	??? (crossed date line 44-12-23)	???	G. Nauert, whose father was aboard with the 43rd Fld Hosp
43-12-23	New York NY	Queen Mary	11,990 troops: 118th AAA Gun Battalion; 6th Naval Beach Battalion, 5th Engineer Special Brigade, 1st Infantry Division & 1,087 crew	sailed alone	Gourock, Scotland	43-12-29	Father-in-law (118th AAA Gun Bn) of W. Obendorf, R. Pinches (6th Naval Beach Bn), via J. Baker, and S. Harding - Gray Ghost, p. 78
43-12-25	Colon, Canal Zone	USAT 403 ???	2079th Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation)	Unknown	Balboa, Canal Zone	43-12-25	Dave Watts' father, who was on board
43-12-28	New York NY	James Parker	508th Parachute Infantry	???	Belfast, Northern Ireland	44-01-09	US Army Forces in Northern Ireland: Chronology
43-Dec-29?	Boston MA	unknown	24th Armored Engineer Battalion (4th Armored Division)	??? (large convoy)	Great Britain?	13 days (44-Jan-11?)	T. Skaggs
43-12-29	Boston, MA	Exchange	Unknown	(In large convoy that left New York & Boston on same day)	Liverpool, England	44-01-08	Aldeleresio Paul Vitolo (who was on board)
43-12-29	Boston, MA	Edmund B. Alexander	981st Field Artillery Battalion	Unknown (Possibly in large convoy that left New York & Boston on same day)	Liverpool, England	44-01-08	Unit Journal of the 981st Field Artillery Battalion (via Rich Farabaugh)
43-12-29	New York NY	Duchess of Richmond	735th Military Police Battalion (27 officers, 713 EM); many unknown others (total of about 5,000)	??? (large convoy, included Battleship Texas)	Liverpool, England	44-01-08	J. Holman, 735th MP Bn who was aboard (more)

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