rene Posted 26 February , 2019 Share Posted 26 February , 2019 I am looking for the name of the main american warships which traveled in convoy from USA to France from1917 to 1918. Somebody can help ? thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 27 February , 2019 Share Posted 27 February , 2019 I do not know the names of the ships but there is some general information in these two links: https://abmc.gov/news-events/news/remembering-world-war-i-american-troop-ships-first-arrive-france https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/protecting-allied-ships-during-wwi-convoy-system-comes-gibraltar I have searched the US National Archives site https://www.archives.gov/ but with no success. The suggested list of "World War I" topics doesn't include the US Navy, and the only mentions of convoy I have found by searching have referred to the years 1941-1946. I hope someone has better knowledge of the US literature and may be able to help you - I'm sorry I can't do better. Best wishes, seaJane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 27 February , 2019 Share Posted 27 February , 2019 If you want to know the name of the ships that transported particular divisions/units the OrBat (official Order of Battle) can usually help but I am not sure that you are going to find a list of the "main" ships -- there were so many - moving that number of men required a huge number of vessels. Each division of the AEF usually has a number of ships associated with it (obviously duplicated as they went back and forth) So if there is a particular unit you are interested in post it and I can probably tell you which ships were involved based on the Order of Battle for the AEF. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerchantOldSalt Posted 27 February , 2019 Share Posted 27 February , 2019 "A History of the Transport Service" by Vice Admiral Albert Greaves USN will probably tell you what you want to know. The complete book is available on line too! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene Posted 27 February , 2019 Author Share Posted 27 February , 2019 Thank you to all of you ! in fact I am particularly interested in the convoys witch leaved USA on January 1918. I don t need a lot of names. Could be 5 to 10 thank you for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix C Posted 2 March , 2019 Share Posted 2 March , 2019 (edited) I thought in WW1 the practice was to escort out of NA harbours to a point and the convoy continued unescorted until nearing the danger zones west of the UK where DDs would then meet to whatever port they were bound. Usually Cherbourg or Brest for US troop transports. Reason being Ger. Submarines were not so active on the Western or Mid-Atlantic in WW1 and very active closer to those choke points and narrow sealanes close to the UK. and/or courses to certain French ports. I see the oil fueled DDs refueled at sea and the coal burning ones turned back. as for names. try USN DDs Wilkes, Burrows, Fanning, Shaw, Allen, Ammen-these were the oil fueled once that made the entire trip Edited 6 March , 2019 by Felix C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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