Convoy And Troopship Databases

[Peanuts]

Jim:

Thanks for posting the troopship information. I've been trying to figure out what ship my father took to Fedala. He was in the 36th ECR and training in Virginia just before leaving the states. I think he embarked on the Hugh L. Scott, although not certain. A few days after arriving the Hugh got torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat. Dad's discharge records say he departed from Norfolk, Virginia on 24 Oct 1942 and arrived 8 Nov. The Hugh L. Scott seems to be the only ship listed that fits the schedule. Most others left the next day from Norfolk. But its hard to know if records are accurate and to verify. Were convoy records destroyed for security reasons?

—Sandy