North American Coastal and Caribbean Convoys
Code Prefix | North American Coastal and Caribbean Routes | First Sailing | Last Sailing | Number of Convoys | Notes |
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AH | Aruba to Halifax Harbour | July 1942 | September 1942 | a brief tanker series | |
ARG | Boston to Argentia, Newfoundland | USN convoys | |||
AW | Aruba to Curaçao | local tanker traffic | |||
BS | Corner Brook, Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia | a brief series | |||
BW | Sydney, Nova Scotia to St. John's, Newfoundland | 1942 | |||
BX | Boston to Halifax Harbour | 1942 | January 1945 | ||
CK | Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida | ||||
CL | St. John's, Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia | ||||
CP | Curaçao to Panama Canal | 1942 | 1942 | ||
CW | Panama Canal to Key West, Florida | ||||
CZ | Curaçao to Panama Canal | ||||
FH | St. John, New Brunswick to Halifax Harbour | late 1942 | |||
G | Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Puerto Rico | ||||
GAT | Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Trinidad via Aruba | ||||
GJ | Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Kingston, Jamaica | ||||
GK | Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Key West, Florida | ||||
GM | Galveston, Texas to Mississippi River | ||||
GN | Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to New York City | ||||
GP | Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Panama Canal | ||||
GS | Greenland to Sydney, Nova Scotia or St. John's, Newfoundland | USN escorted convoys | |||
GZ | Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Panama Canal | 1942 | |||
HA | Halifax Harbour to Curaçao | 1942 | September 1942 | replaced HT convoys | |
HF | Halifax Harbour to St. John, New Brunswick | ||||
HHX | Halifax Harbour to meet HX convoys originating in New York City at the Halifax Ocean Meeting Point (HOMP) | ||||
HJ | Halifax Harbour to St. John's, Newfoundland | ||||
HK | Houston, Texas to Key West, Florida | ||||
HON | Halifax Harbour to ON convoys at the Halifax Ocean Meeting Point (HOMP) | ||||
HS | Halifax Harbour to Sydney, Nova Scotia | ||||
HT | Halifax Harbour to Trinidad | May 1942 | 1942 | replaced by HA convoys | |
JG | Kingston, Jamaica to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | ||||
JH | St. John's, Newfoundland to Halifax Harbour | ||||
JN | St. John's, Newfoundland to Labrador | ||||
KG | Key West, Florida to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | ||||
KH | Key West, Florida to Houston, Texas | ||||
KN | Key West, Florida to New York City | ||||
KP | Key West, Florida to Mississippi River | ||||
KS | New York City to Key West, Florida | ||||
KW | Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba | ||||
LC | Sydney, Nova Scotia to St. John's, Newfoundland | ||||
LN | St. Lawrence River to Labrador | ||||
MG | Mississippi River to Galveston, Texas | ||||
NG | New York City to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | ||||
NJ | Newfoundland (island) coast to St. John's, Newfoundland | ||||
NK | New York City to Key West, Florida | ||||
NL | Labrador to St. Lawrence River | ||||
PG | Panama Canal to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | 1942 | 1942 | ||
PK | Mississippi River to Key West, Florida | ||||
QS | Quebec to Sydney, Nova Scotia | ||||
SB | Sydney, Nova Scotia to Corner Brook, Newfoundland | 1942 | |||
SG | Sydney, Nova Scotia (later St. John's, Newfoundland) to Greenland | 1942 | 1942 | USN escorted convoys | |
SH | Sydney, Nova Scotia to Halifax Harbour | ||||
SHX | Sydney, Nova Scotia to HX convoys | ||||
SJ | San Juan, Puerto Rico to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | ||||
SQ | Sydney, Nova Scotia to Quebec | ||||
TAG | Trinidad to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base via Aruba | 1942 | |||
TAW | Trinidad to Key West via Curaçao | 1942 | 1942 | ||
TG | Trinidad to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | ||||
TH | Trinidad to Halifax Harbour | 1942 | 1942 | ||
TO | Trinidad to Curaçao | ||||
WA | Curaçao to Aruba | ||||
WAT | Key West to Trinidad via Curaçao | ||||
WS | Wabana, Newfoundland and Labrador to Sydney, Nova Scotia | ||||
XB | Halifax Harbour to Boston | 18 March 1942 | |||
ZC | Panama Canal to Curaçao | ||||
ZG | Panama Canal to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
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