Convoy JW.65

Convoy JW.65

 

Departed from Clyde March 11, 1945
Arrived Kola Inlet March 21, 1945
No. of vessels (Hague) 26
No. of vessels accounted for here

26

Vessels lost from convoy

2

Note: HORACE BUSHNELL was declared a total loss after being torpedoed by U-995 on March 20.
More details of this convoy may be found here.


Vessel
Tons
Built
Notes
BENJAMIN SCHLESINGER (Am)
7,176
1944
 
BLUE RANGER (Br)
3,417
1941
Oiler
CHARLES A MCALLISTER (Am)
7,176
1943
 
DOLABELLA (Br)
8,142
1939
 
ELEAZAR LORD (Am)
7,247
1944
 
ELOY ALFARO (Am)
7,176
1944
 
EMPIRE STALWART (Br)
7,050
1943
 
FORT BOISE (Br)
7,151
1943
 
FORT MASSAC (Br)
7,157
1943
 
FORT YUKON (Br)
7,153
1943
 
GRACE ABBOTT (Am)
7,191
1942
 
HORACE BUSHNELL (Am)
7,176
1943
sunk in JW.65 (U-995)
IDEFJORD (Nor)
4,287
1921
 
JAMES M. GILLIS (Am)
7,176
1943
 
JOHN MCDONOGH (Am)
7,176
1943
 
LACKLAN (Br)
8,670
1929
 
LAWRENCE J BRENGLE (Am)
7,209
1944
 
LEO J. DUSTER (Am)
7,176
1943
 
NICHOLAS BIDDLE (Am)
7,191
1942
 
SAN VENANCIO (Br)
8,152
1942
 
STAGE DOOR CANTEEN (Am)
7,176
1943
 
THOMAS DONALDSON (Am)
7,210
1944
sunk in JW.65 (U-968)
W. R. GRACE (Am)
7,176
1943
 
WILLIAM PEPPER (Am)
7,176
1943
 
WILLIAM WHEELWRIGHT (Am)
7,176
1944
 
WINFRED L. SMITH (Am)
7,191
1943
 


22 escorts were associated (at least in part) with convoy JW.65.


ALLINGTON CASTLE    ALNWICK CASTLE    BAMBOROUGH CASTLE    CAMELLIA    CAMPANIA   
DIADEM    FARNHAM CASTLE    HONEYSUCKLE    LANCASTER CASTLE    LAPWING   
MYNGS    ONSLAUGHT    OPPORTUNE    ORWELL    OXLIP   
SAVAGE    SCORPION    SCOURGE    SIOUX    STORD   
TRUMPETER    ZAMBESI               
                   

Escort(s) lost or damaged:

LAPWING
Torpedoed by U-968 in convoy JW-65 on 20 March 1945.
(158 dead and 61 survivors).


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