1945 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
45-mid summer	Liverpool, England	Stratheden	Men headed for training for Japan (including the "Tiger Force" RCAF volunteers)	Unknown	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	45-mid summer	Donald Child of the RCAF
45-07-01	Le Havre, France	Marine Devil	Troop A, 18th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron Mechanized; others	Unknown	New York, NY	45-07-10	Stanley Shavalier (who was onboard) (via daughter, Tena Puisis)
45-07-02	ETO	(unknown US Navy vessel)	4th Infantry Division	Unknown	New York, NY	45-07-10	L. Langston (via son T. Langston)
45-07-02	Le Havre, France	Ericsson	part of 104th Infantry Division	Unknown	New York, NY	45-07-11	P. Branton
45-07-02	Gibralter	General M. C. Meigs (AP-116)	Unknown	Unknown	Mers El Khebir, Algeria	45-07-03	Ship's voyage log of Joseph Gutsick (via Mike Gutsick)
45-07-??	Pacific Theater	Estavia??	11 soldiers of the 32nd Infantry Division	Unknown	San Francisco, CA	45-07-??	S. Cowling (127th Inf Reg) via son R. Cowling (more)
45-07-??	ETO	General Greeley	R. Griffin	Unknown	New York, NY	45-07-??	R. Griffin
45-07?-??	San Francisco, CA	La Grange (APA-124)	Galen Calvert, among Navy Combat Utility Battalion and Marine Riflemen replacements	Convoy of several ships but number not remembered	Buckner Bay, Okinawa	45-07-late	G. Calvert (more)
45-07-01	Le Havre, France	Marine Devil	18th Cavalry Recon Squadron; others	Unknown	Boston, MA	45-7-10	Richard E. Drake (who was on board) (more)
45-07-03	USA	Montrose	William A. Hermes (later? in 553rd Signal Depot Company in Philippines)	Unknown	Pacific	45-07-11?	Souvenirs & discharge of W. Hermes, via K. Hermes
45-07-03	Mers El Khebir, Algeria	General M. C. Meigs (AP-116)	Unknown	Unknown	Naples, Italy	45-07-04	Ship's voyage log of Joseph Gutsick (via Mike Gutsick)
45-07-04	Le Havre, France	Marine Fox	312th Engineer Combat Battalion; other units of the 87th Infantry Division	Sailed alone	Hampton Roads, VA	45-07-13	Arthur William Jasper (who was on board)
45-07-06	Naples, Italy	General M. C. Meigs (AP-116)	Unknown	Unknown	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	45-07-18	Ship's voyage log of Joseph Gutsick (via Mike Gutsick)
45-07-06	Gourock, Scotland	Queen Mary	8,551 troops and 12 passengers	Sailed alone	New York, NY	45-07-11	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
45-07-08	Norfolk, VA	George M. Randall (AP-115)	Crew only	Unknown	Marseille, France	45-07-17	Diary/log book of Le Roy G. Carter (via son Richard L. Carter)
45-07-10	Marseilles, France	General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137)	3,700 ETO troops including 3166 ART/FC Company (616 OBAM Battalion)	Sailed alone	Manila, Philippines (with stops in Cristobal, Panama & Hollindia, New Guinea)	45-08-21	Edward G. Horn (who was on board)
45-07-10	Le Havre, France	Sea Robin	Unknown	Unknown	New York, NY	45-07-28	Linda Snock (whose father was on board)
45-07-12	Le Havre, France	Monticello	23rd Infantry Regiment, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd reconnaissance troop, 2nd Quartermaster Company, Division Headquarters Company, Military Police Platoon (all of 2nd Infantry Division )	convoy of 2nd Infantry Division ships, convoy number not known	New York, NY	45-07-20	A. Castillo (more)
45-07-12	Le Havre, France	General Richardson	9th Infantry Regiment, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd Signal Company (all of 2nd Infantry Division )	convoy of 2nd Infantry Division ships, convoy number not known	Boston, MA	45-07-19	A. Castillo (more) also Glynn Raby (who was on board)
45-07-13	Le Havre, France	Marine Panther	Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 2nd Infantry Division Artillery, 12th Field Artillery Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 702nd Ordnance Company (all of 2nd Infantry Division ); 557th Ordnance Tank Maintenance Company	convoy of 2nd Infantry Division ships, convoy number not known	New York, NY	45-07-20	A. Castillo (more) also Glynn Raby also Company history of the 557th (via Chad Johnson)
45-07-15	Gourock, Scotland	Queen Elizabeth	44th Infantry Division men headed for training for Japan (probably Infantry Division Reorganization Detachment "A" or "B"?); 10th Station Hospital; 44th Infantry Division	Sailed alone	Pier 84 New York, NY	45-07-20	R. T. Stuckey (to son) (more) also George Murdock (who was on board)
45-07-15	Marseilles, France	Japara	about 1200 troops: 1366th Engineer Truck Company	Unknown	Manila, Philippines	45-09-12 ? (59 day voyage)	D. Cooper, whose father was aboard (more)
45-07-??	Marseilles, France	Lurline	631st Engineer Light Equipment Company; unknown others	Sailed alone	Manila, Philippines (via Panama Canal and Hawaii)	45-08-?? (34 day voyage)	G. Fiducia, 631st Engr Lt Eq Co, who was aboard
45-07?-??	Philippines	General Charles M. Nuir	total of 1,844 passengers: 1,798 Army, including 366 hospital patients, 6 Swiss civilians and the American entertainer "Candy Jones" also known as Miss Jesse Wilcox, who had entertained troops for ten months in the Pacific	Unknown	New York, NY	45-08-14	New York Times of 8/15/45, via B. Nylander
45-07-17	Marseilles, France	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Manila, Philippines	45-08-23	L. Weiss, who was one of the troops on board
45-07-17	???	Unknown	CBI troops	Unknown	USA	45-07-31	Discharge papers of Billy N. Justice (via Deirdre Justice)
45-07-17	New York, NY	Queen Mary	567 troops	Sailed alone	Gourock, Scotland	45-07-22	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
45-07-17	Le Havre, France	Richard Gatling	men headed for training for Japan (probably an Infantry Division Reorganization Detachment?)	Sailed alone	Newport News, VA	45-07-31	A. D'Ambra
45-07-19	Antwerp, Belgium (Camp Tophat)	Claymont Victory	1,966 on board including - 342nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion; others	Sailed alone	Boston, MA	45-07-29	Camp news sheet and personal recoards of Kenneth Russ (who was on board)
45-07-19	Marseille, France	George M. Randall (AP-115)	Approx. 5,000 troops	Unknown	Colon, Panama Canal Zone	45-07-29	Diary/log book of Le Roy G. Carter (via son Richard L. Carter)
45-07-24	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	General M. C. Meigs (AP-116)	Unknown	Unknown	Bahia, Brazil	45-07-26	Ship's voyage log of Joseph Gutsick (via Mike Gutsick)
45-07-26	Le Harve, France	Lincoln Steffens	28 officers and 478 enlisted men of the 767th Field Artillery Battalion; members of the 324th, 327th, 331st, 341st, 335th, 346th, 349th and 351st Military Police detachments	Sailed alone	Charleston, SC	45-08-07	Charleston Evening Post dated Aug 8, 1945 (via Daniel B. Tompkins whose father, Ezra P. Tompkins, was the ship's captain)
45-07-27	Le Havre, France	Santa Margarita	301 troops, including 1021st Engineer Treadway Bridge Company, 3244th Engineer Pipeline Operations Detachment, 6844th Quartermaster Drivers Detachment, 6850th Quartermaster Drivers Detachment, Infantry Division Reorganization Detachment "C"	Unknown	New York, NY	45-08-05	T. Snell NY Times (8/5/45 Sec. I p. 20) (more)
45-07-27	Bahia, Brazil	General M. C. Meigs (AP-116)	Unknown	Unknown	Recife, Brazil	45-07-28	Ship's voyage log of Joseph Gutsick (via Mike Gutsick)
45-07-28	Gourock, Scotland	Queen Mary	14,790 troops and 68 passengers	Sailed alone	New York, NY	45-08-02	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
45-07??	Italy?	Unknown	86th Mountain Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Division)	none?	Hampton Roads, VA	45-08-07	Order of Battle, and Journal of the 2nd Battalion, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, 26 December 1944 to 8 June 1945, via R. Raney (more)
45-07-30	Antwerp, Belgium	Gideon Wells	Units of the 410th Bomb Group; others	Sailed alone	Pier 84, New York, NY	45-08-14	S/Sgt. William W. Cook, Jr. who was on board
45-07-30	Colon, Panama Canal Zone	George M. Randall (AP-115)	Approx. 5,000 troops	Unknown	Eniwetok, Marshall Islands	45-08-16	Diary/log book of Le Roy G. Carter (via son Richard L. Carter)
45-July or August	Le Havre, France	Aquitania	179th and 180th Regiments (45th "Thunderbird" Division - 7th Army); 99th and 130th General Hospital; 828th Medical Convalescent Center; 313 WACs; others (7,866 troops total)	Unknown	New York, NY	45-July or August	Articles from the scrapbook of Numa Richard, Jr. (via daughter, Melanie Richard Hopkins)
45-08?-??	ETO	Robin Tuxford	elements of 641st Bomb Squadron & 646th Bomb Squadron of 9th Air Force	Unknown	New York, NY	45-08-14	New York Times of 8/15/45, via B. Nylander
45-08?-??	Casablanca	Thomas Sumter	667 sailors & 3 soldiers	Unknown	New York, NY	45-08-14	New York Times of 8/15/45, via B. Nylander
45-08?-??	Oran	John Murray Forbes	elements of 8th Infantry Division, 34th Infantry Division, 88th Infanty Division, 1st Armored Division, 12th Air Force, 14th Air Force (small groups from each with a total of 477)	Unknown	New York, NY	45-08-14	New York Times of 8/15/45, via B. Nylander
45-08?-??	Le Havre, France	Marechal Joffre	3,040 passengers, mainly from 6th Armored Division	Unknown	New York, NY	45-08-14	New York Times of 8/15/45, via B. Nylander
45-08-Early	Cherbourg, France	Louis A. Milne	942 patients	Sailed alone	New York, NY	45-08-14	New York Times of 8/15/45, via B. Nylander also Jim Rider (who was on board)
45-08-01	Manilla, Philippines	Barnett	Unknown	Unknown	Tacoma, WA	45-08-18	Fred Morse (who was on board)
45-08-01	US West Coast	Unknown	24th Signal Co; others?	Unknown	Angeles, Luzon, Philippines	45-09-04??	Timothy M. Abel (whose father, Rudolf G. Abel, was on board)
45-08-03	Recife, Brazil	General M. C. Meigs (AP-116)	Unknown	Unknown	Norfolk, VA	45-08-12	Ship's voyage log of Joseph Gutsick (via Mike Gutsick)
45-08-04	Marseilles, France	Walter H. Gordon (AP-117)	Unknown	Unknown	Panama Canal Zone	45-08-??	Ship's voyage log (via James R. Atwood Ret. AF)
45-08-??	Panama Canal Zone	Walter H. Gordon (AP-117)	Unknown	Unknown	Ulithi Atoll	45-08-24	Ship's voyage log (via James R. Atwood Ret. AF)
45-08-05	Le Havre, France	T. B. Robertson	506th Military Police Battalion	Unknown	New York, NY	45-08-19	Fred Minson of Co. B, 506th MP Bn, who was aboard (more)
45-08-06	Gurrock, Scotland	Queen Elizabeth	Ground Echelon of 492nd Bomb Group; and more??	sailed alone?	New York, NY	45-08-11	History of the 492nd Bomb Group (1945), via T. Ensminger (more)
45-08-06	New York, NY	Queen Mary	643 troops and 68 passengers	Sailed alone	Southampton, England	45-08-11	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
45-08-11	Marseilles, France	Unknown	Casual Officer Company A (approx. 200 officers of all branches of the Army)	Unknown	Hampton Roads, VA	45-08-21	Fredric M. Cooper (who was on board)
45-08-14	Naples, Italy	Pachaug Victory	3rd Battalion and Regimental Headquarters Company, Service Company, Cannon Company, portions of other units (all of the 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division)	Unknown	Newport News, VA	45-08-25	History of the 363d Infantry by Ralph Strootman (Infantry Journal Press, 1947), via J. Huber, whose Dad G. O. Huber of HQ Co/3rd Bn was aboard
45-08-15	Ligorno (Leghorn), Tuscany, Italy	Unknown Vessel	5th Army - 705th Ordinance Company	Unknown	New York, NY	45-08-26	Mark C. Black (whose father, Donald L. Black, was on board) (more)
45-08-16	Marseilles, France	Exchange	2500 troops: 64th Field Hospital; and more??	Sailed alone	New York, NY	45-08-25	jerbayer@ swbell.net of the 64th FH (more)
45-08-16	Eniwetok, Marshall Islands	George M. Randall (AP-115)	Approx. 5,000 troops	Unknown	Ulithi, Marshall Islands	45-08-20	Diary/log book of Le Roy G. Carter (via son Richard L. Carter)
45-08-17	Southampton, England	Queen Mary	14,776 troops including the 120th Infantry Regiment and 58 passengers	Sailed alone	New York, NY	45-08-21	S. Harding - Gray Ghost and History of the 120th Infantry Regiment, pp 255 & 256 (via Alvin G. Rothe, Jr. whose father was in the 120th) (more)
45-08-17	Norfolk, VA	United States Victory	German POWs	Sailed alone	Le Havre, France	45-08-24	Crew member's discharge certificate (Jay L. Johnson)
45-08-21	Ulithi, Marshall Islands	George M. Randall (AP-115)	Approx. 5,000 troops	Unknown	Donegat, Philippines	45-08-23	Diary/log book of Le Roy G. Carter (via son Richard L. Carter)
45-08-23	Norfolk, VA	General M. C. Meigs (AP-116)	Unknown	Unknown	Naples, Itlay	45-09-02	Ship's voyage log of Joseph Gutsick (via Mike Gutsick)
45-08-23	Donegat, Philippines	George M. Randall (AP-115)	Approx. 5,000 troops (partial disembarkation at Batangas)	Unknown	Batangas, Luzon	45-08-23	Diary/log book of Le Roy G. Carter (via son Richard L. Carter)
45-08-24	Guam	Sea Flasher	Unknown	Unknown	Saipan, Mariana Islands	45-05-25	Beth Kramer (whose father was on board)
45-08-?? (after 45-08-24)	Ulithi Atoll	Walter H. Gordon (AP-117)	Unknown	Unknown	Batangas, Philippines	45-08-29	Ship's voyage log (via James R. Atwood Ret. AF)
45-08-25	Long Beach, CA	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Philippines	45-09-15	James McConnell's Grandfather's records
45-08-25	Batangas, Luzon	George M. Randall (AP-115)	Approx. 5,000 troops (partial disembarkation at Batangas, rest disembark at Manila)	Unknown	Manila, Philippines	45-08-26	Diary/log book of Le Roy G. Carter (via son Richard L. Carter)
45-08-26	New York, NY	Queen Mary	11 troops and 93 passengers	Sailed alone	Southampton, England	45-08-31	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
45-08-29	Batangas, Philippines	Walter H. Gordon (AP-117)	Unknown	Unknown	Manila, Philippines	45-08-??	Ship's voyage log (via James R. Atwood Ret. AF)
45-09-end?	Yokohama	Kenton	43rd Infantry Division (103rd Regiment) and others	Unknown	San Francisco, CA	45-10-9 or 10?	Passenger on board (via web form)
45-09-??	Bremerhaven, Germany	United States Victory	Unknown (Returning GIs)	Sailed alone	New York, NY	45-09-10	Crew member's discharge certificate (Jay L. Johnson)
45-09-??	Bremerhaven, Germany	United States Victory	Unknown (Returning GIs)	Sailed alone	New York, NY	45-09-30	Crew member's discharge certificate (Jay L. Johnson)
45-09-02	Manila, Philippines	George M. Randall (AP-115)	Crew only	Unknown	Tacloban, Leyte	45-09-03	Diary/log book of Le Roy G. Carter (via son Richard L. Carter)
45-09-03	Okinawa, Japan	Noble	1st Battalion (32nd Infantry Regiment (7th Infantry Division))	Unknown	Inchon, Korea	45-09-07	R. Nelson’s diary (more)
45-09-03	Manila, Philippines	Walter H. Gordon (AP-117)	Unknown	Unknown	Ulithi Atoll	45-09-12	Ship's voyage log (via James R. Atwood Ret. AF)
45-09-04	Le Havre, France	(Victory Ship)	45th Infantry Division	alone?	New York, NY	45-09-12	B. Bowers (more)
45-09-04	Naples, Italy	General M. C. Meigs (AP-116)	Unknown	Unknown	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	45-09-17	Ship's voyage log of Joseph Gutsick (via Mike Gutsick)
45-09-05	Southampton, England	Queen Mary	14,803 troops and 88 passengers	Sailed alone	New York, NY	45-09-10	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
45-09-06	Tacloban, Leyte	George M. Randall (AP-115)	Approx. 6,000 returnees (including approx. 600 sick or wounded)	Unknown	Ulithi, Marshall Islands	45-09-08	Diary/log book of Le Roy G. Carter (via son Richard L. Carter)
45-09-06	Marseilles, France	Wakefield	17th Airborne Division	alone?	Boston, MA	45-09-14	T. Kent and SSG Glenn Stover (more)
45-09-09?	England	Europa	Casuals	Shipment RE6040-8, escorted by cruiser U.S.S. Philadelphia	New York, NY	45-09-24	J. Pogliano (more)
45-09-09	Ulithi, Marshall Islands	George M. Randall (AP-115)	Approx. 6,000 returnees (including approx. 600 sick or wounded)	Unknown	San Francisco, CA	45-09-22	Diary/log book of Le Roy G. Carter (via son Richard L. Carter)
45-09-13	New York, NY	Queen Mary	54 troops and 31 passengers	Sailed alone	Southampton, England	45-09-18	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
45-09-13	Ulithi Atoll	Walter H. Gordon (AP-117)	Unknown	Unknown	San Francisco, CA	45-09-24	Ship's voyage log (via James R. Atwood Ret. AF)
45-09-20	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	General M. C. Meigs (AP-116)	Unknown	Unknown	Recife, Brazil	45-09-22	Ship's voyage log of Joseph Gutsick (via Mike Gutsick)
45-09-23	Recife, Brazil	General M. C. Meigs (AP-116)	Unknown	Unknown	Marseilles, France	45-10-02	Ship's voyage log of Joseph Gutsick (via Mike Gutsick)
45-09-23	Southampton, England	Queen Mary	14,938 troops, 161 passengers and 834 crew	Sailed alone	New York, NY	45-09-28	S. Harding - Gray Ghost
45-09-23	New York, NY	Queen Elizabeth	Unknown	Unknown	Gourock, Scotland	45-??	Stan Perkins
45-09-25	Avonmouth, England	Santa Margarita	226 troops	alone?	New York, NY	45-10-03	T. Snell (more)
45-09-25	Pearl Harbor, HI	Enterprise	1,141 Passengers (including the Night Air Group 55; hospital patients and repatriated prisoners of war	Unknown	New York, NY (via Panama Canal)	45-10-17	USS Enterprise (CV6) web site (via Russ Meyers) (more)
45-09-27 or 28	Yokohama, Japan	Kenton	103rd Infantry Regiment; 43rd Infantry Division personnal; also 1030 engineers of the 96th Division (?); (most troops on board were 43rd Division)	Sailed alone	Pier #09 San Francisco, CA	45-10-09 or 10	Sam A. Logiudice (who was on board) (more)
45-09-30	Le Havre, France	Stamford Victory	707th Tank Battalion	alone?	Boston, MA	45-10-??	H. Clauson, L. Clifford in Lucky 7th (1990), p. 217
45-09-30	Le Havre, France	Williams Victory	Woodrow Boles, Mark Daniels	alone?	New York, NY	45-10-09	W. Boles, M. Daniels in Lucky 7th (1990), pp. 207, 220
45-late 09 or early 10?	France	General Esquire	RAMPs (ex POWs)	alone?	USA	45-10?-??	E. Bernhardt in Lucky 7th (1990), p. 205
45-10-??	Europe	Anatoch Victory	31st Tank Battalion (7th Armored Division)	"a small flotilla of Victory ships"	USA	45-10-??	J. Bowen in Lucky 7th (1990), p. 207
45-10-??	Europe	James Parker	1A 690 Field Artillery	Unknown	USA	???	Diary of Sgt. Raymond J. Barth
45-10-01?	Europe	Pachaug Victory	units of the 7th Armored Division)	"a small flotilla of Victory ships"	USA	45-10-10?	John Durba if CCA of 7th Armored Division), via W. Johnston
45-10-??	Le Havre, France	LeJeune	Howard Eldridge	alone?	USA	45-10-??	H. Eldridge in Lucky 7th (1990), p. 227
45-10-??	Unknown	Patrick	Unknown	with General M. B. Stewart	USA	45-11?-??	G. Langworthy, whose father-in-law (726th Rwy Optg Bn) was aboard the Gen Stewart
45-10-??	Calcutta, India	General M.B. Stewart (P-140)	Former member of 726 Railway Operating Battalion; units from SACO (Naval China Group); units from Air Force stationed in Burma	with Patrick	New York, NY (via Suez & Mediterranean)	45-11?-??	G. Langworthy, whose father-in-law (726th Rwy Optg Bn) was aboard; Hugh E. Reams (who was on board)
45-10-??	Bremerhaven, Germany	United States Victory	Unknown (Returning GIs)	Sailed alone	New York, NY	45-10-22	Crew member's discharge certificate (Jay L. Johnson)
45-10-??	Unknown	General Squire