Appendix O
Pacific Convoys Arriving in February 1945

Including Commissioned Vessels

Convoy Title Convoys Avg.
Voyage
(days)		 Ships Ships
per C/V		 Escorts Escorts
per C/V		 Casualties
(Enemy
Action)

 

Group A - West Coast

1. San Francisco / Pearl Harbor - SP 36/38
                                                   PS 281, 299		 3
2		 9.0
6.5		 9
2		 3.0
1.0		 3
2		 1.0
1.0		 0
0
2. Saipan / San Francisco 4 1 11.0 11 11.0 1 1.0 0
3. Seattle / Pearl Harbor RP 6 1 8.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 0
Total 7 -- 25 3.6 7 1.0 0

 

Group B - Pearl Harbor and West

1. Pearl / Eniwetok - PD 272, 275, 278, 280, 291, 294, 297, 304/307 11 7.6 53 4.8 33 3.0 0
2. Pearl / Funafuti - Honolulu / Fanafuti 261, 263, 265, 271, 276, 277, 289, 290, 293, 300 11 12.0 40 3.6 0 0 0
    Miscellaneous 3 -- 5 1.7 5 1.7 0
Total 25 -- 98 3.8 38 2.7* 0

 

Group C - Marshall Islands and West

1. Eniwetok / Marianas - (a) Eni.-Guam 55/62
                                            Guam-Eni. 49/53, 56		 8
6		 4.4
4.7		 52
25		 6.5
4.2		 17
16		 2.1
2.7		 0
0
                                       (b) Eni.-Saipan 53, 56/67
                                            Saipan-Eni. 58/69		 13
12		 4.0
4.7		 66
33		 5.1
2.7		 23
21		 1.8
1.8		 0
0
2. Eniwetok / Carolines and Palaus - (a) Eni.-Ulithi 38/44
                                                             Ulithi-Eni. 64, 66/81		 7
17		 5.9
5.3		 21
46		 3.4
6.6		 19
29		 1.3
4.1		 0
0
                                                        (b) Eni.-Ulithi-Kossol 13/17
                                                              Kossol-Ulithi-Eni. 7		 5
1		 6.0
8.0		 80
3		 16.0
3.0		 15
1		 3.0
1.0		 0
0
    Miscellaneous 21 -- 40 1.9 24 1.1 0
Total 90 -- 369 4.1 155 1.7 0

 

Group D - Marianas, Carolines, Palaus and West

1. Guam - Ulithi 13/14
    Ulithi - Guam 36/46		 2
11		 1.5
1.5		 3
20		 1.5
1.8		 2
12		 1.0
1.1		 0
0
2. Saipan - Ulithi 11/12
    Ulithi - Saipan 15/18		 2
4		 2.0
1.8		 2
4		 1.0
1.0		 3
4		 1.5
1.0		 0
0
3. Ulithi - Kossol (or Peleliu) 40/46, 4/7
    Kossol (or Peleliu) - Ulithi 14/22		 11
9		 1.6
1.7		 25
12		 2.3
1.3		 14
10		 1.3
1.1		 0
0
4. Kossol - Leyte 11/19 9 3.3 85 9.4 18 2.0 0
5. Ulithi - Leyte 4/6 3 4.3 12 4.0 7 2.3 0
Total 51 -- 163 3.2 70 1.4 0

 

Group E - New Guinea and West

1. New Guinea / Philippines - (a) GI 8/12, 10A
                                                   IG 5/9		 6
5		 6.3
7.2		 253
164		 42.0
33.0		 21
20		 3.5
4.0		 0
0
                                              (b) Biak / Morotai - BG 513/516
                                                                             GB 730, 732/736		 4
6		 2.2
3.7		 29
17		 7.3
2.8		 9
13		 2.2
2.2		 0
0
2. Manus - Ulithi 18/26
    Ulithi - Manus 13/16		 9
4		 3.4
3.0		 15
4		 1.7
1.0		 10
4		 1.1
1.0		 0
0
3. Manus - Kossol 9, Peleliu 2/3
    Kossol - Manus 9/11		 3
3		 3.3
5.3		 3
5		 1.0
1.6		 3
3		 1.0
1.0		 0
0
4. Admiralty - Philippines - AI 1
                                          Leyte-Manus 1		 1
1		 4.0
14.0		 6
4		 6.0
4.0		 3
2		 3.0
2.0		 0
0
    Miscellaneous 11 -- 40 3.6 1 -- 0
Total 53 -- 540 10.2 89 2.1# 0
Grand Total 226 -- 1,195 5.2 359 1.6 0
* Excluding Pearl/Funafuti convoys. # Excluding miscellaneous convoys.

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