Convoy CU 58 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY CU 58
Departed New York on Febr. 11-1945 and arrived Liverpool on the 22nd.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 25 ships in this convoy.
Notes:
Commodore (Cummings?) was in General W. H. Gordon.
Comparing the above to a list of ships received from D. Kindell, based on Arnold Hague's research, I find that A. Hague has not included Wave Emperor in this convoy.
Beecher Island and Kirkenes are listed in Convoy UC 54A, which had arrived New York from the U.K. on Febr. 9-1945 (see ships in all UC convoys). Later that month they both show up in a Casablanca to Gibraltar convoy, namely CG 150 (external link), which left Casablanca on Febr. 26-1945.
Escorts (Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database):
USS Davis
USS Howard D. Crow
USS Hurst
USS Koiner
USS Kretchmer
USS Marchand
USS O'Reilly
USS Pettit
USS Ricketts
They all joined on Febr. 11-1945 and left on Febr. 22.
Related external links:
North America–U.K. Convoys 1944-1945
Victory Ships - Alphabetical list.
Victory Ships - Also has an alphabetical list.
The T2 Tanker Page with more in depth information on each T2 tanker in this convoy.
To the last available CU convoy in my list CU 59