John Mozolak Jr. NEW YORK SHIPS TO FOREIGN PORTS “J” Ships
9.1939 thru 8.1945 Page 2
J. A. MOFFETT: Am S/T 1915 6,197gt
1941: 9/27
J. A. MOFFETT JR.: Am M/T 1921 9,788gt
Arr 1940:8/16; 11/27
1941: 3/8; 9/4; 10/20
1942: 1/21 voyage abandoned-clearance cancelled 1/22-recleared 1/22 delayed-expect to proceed 1/25
7/8/1942: Torpedoed by U571 in Florida Keys about 3 miles southwest of Tennessee Reef at 24 47N-80 42W. Abandoned.
She was shelled by the U boat then grounded on the reef. Refloated. Towed to Key West arr 10/28 and Galveston arr
1/4/43. Total Loss. Voyage: Baltimore (lv 6/12) and Wilmington (lv 7/4) for Port Arthur in ballast.
J. A. MOWINCKEL: Pan M/T 1930 11,147gt
1939: 10/13; 12/31
Arr 1940: 3/4; 5/4; 7/22; 10/14; 12/17
1941: 2/19 clearance cancelled-recleared 2/24 detained-engine trouble-will proceed 2/28 further detained-will proceed
3/5 further detained-will proceed 2/28; 3/26; 5/6 delayed-proceeding 5/10; 7/19; 11/15
1942: 1/6; 1/31; 4/2; 4/13; 5/29; 7/8
1943: 3/13; 4/16; 5/15; 6/15; 7/15; 8/14; 9/28; 11/3; 12/2; 12/31
1944: 1/31; 2/29; 4/5; 5/26; 6/29; 7/24; 8/18; 9/22; 10/13; 11/6
1945: 1/10; 1/30; 2/20; 3/31 detained for repairs-proceeding 4/5; 4/23 detained-awaiting orders-proceeding 4/25; 5/16; 6/13; 8/3
7/15/1942: Torpedoed by U576 about 30nm SSE of Cape Hatteras at 34 44N-75 19W. She headed for Ocracoke Inlet for
refuge, but entered a minefield, hit a mine, then anchored. Taken in tow of tugs on 7/19 for Hatteras Inlet and beached.
She dragged her anchor 7/22 and struck another mine. Towed next day to Hampton Roads arr 7/25 and to Baltimore
arr 8/3 for TempR. Towed to New York arr 9/10 for PermR.
Voyage: New York in convoy KS 520 for Aruba in ballast.
J. D. ROSS: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1944: 1/20; 3/22; 4/4; 9/20
1945: 2/2
J. D. YEAGER: Am (EC2) 1944 7,247gt
1944: 11/3 1945: 4/21; 6/23
J DE V: Br/Can M/V 1935 133gt
1943: 12/2
J. E. B. STUART: Am (EC2) 1942 7,196gt
1943: 3/16; 5/26 1944: 3/29; 4/11 1945: 6/18
J. E. KINNEY: Br/Can M/V wood 1941 388gt
1941: 12/22 1942: 6/24; 9/21
J. FLETCHER FARRELL: Am S/T 1921 7,061gt
1941: 10/7; 11/11
1943: Transferred to USSR, renamed Josif Stalin.
J. FRANK COOPER: Am (EC2) 1944 7,207gt
1945: 2/15
J. H. DRUMMOND: Am (EC2) 1944 7,176gt
1944: 8/10
J. H. SENIOR: Pan M/T 1931 11,065gt
Arr 1940: 2/15; 4/12; 9/3; 9/30; 10/30; 12/2
1941: 11/8
1942: 5/11; 9/19R; 10/13; 10/21R; 12/28
1943: 5/10; 6/29; 8/13
8/18/1943: Sunk in a collision, in dense fog with J. Pinckney Henderson*(Am EC2). Caught fire. Gutted. Towed to
St John’s, NF. Total Loss. Voyage: Halifax in convoy HX 252 for UK with aviation gasoline and aircraft.
J. H. TUTTLE: Am S/T 1943 11,658gt
1943: 5/6; 7/6
J. HOWLAND GARDNER: Am (EC2-BAT) 1945 7,176gt
1945: 8/25
J. L. LUCKENBACH: Am S/S 1919 6,369gt
Arr 1940: 6/24 1942: 6/15; 9/3 1943: 3/10; 12/9 1944: 3/22; 12/2 1945: 3/13; 6/13
J. LLOYD HAWKRIDGE: Am Schooner 1905 121gt
1943: 6/21
J. L. M. CURRY: Am (EC2) 1942 7,176gt
1942: 8/23
3/7/1943: Began to founder in Norwegian Sea about 160nm east of Jan Mayen Island at 70 44N- 00 24E when heavy seas
cracked the hull plating and deck. Broke up next day. Abandoned. Sunk by gunfire from an escorting warship.
Voyage: Murmansk (lv 3/1) in convoy RA 53 for Loch Ewe in ballast.
J. N. PEW: Am S/T 1921 9,033gt
1941: 6/24; 7/29; 12/9
1942: 2/9
2/21/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U67 about 138nm WNW of Punta Gallinas, Colombia at 12 40N-74W.
Voyage: Aruba (lv 2/20) for Cristobal CZ with fuel oil.
J. PINCKNEY HENDERSON: Am (EC2) 1943 7,244gt
1943: 8/13
8/18/1943: In collision with tanker J. H. Senior*(Pan) in dense fog about 410nm east of Halifax at 44 12N-53 58W. The
tanker loaded with aviation gasoline quickly engulfed both ships in flames. Towed to Sydney CB arr 8/31. Beached.
Burnt out from fires and explosions. Towed to Halifax and New York arr 1/14/1944. Total Loss.
Voyage: New York in convoy HX 252 for Liverpool with magnesium, glycerin, resin, oil and wax.
J. RAYMOND RUSSELL: Am M/Tug 1939 137gt
Arr 1940: 10/24
J. W. McANDREW USAT: Am S/S (C3P) 1940 7,997gt (ex DELTARGENTINO-Am 1941)
1943: 10/13-USAT
6/28/1941: To US Army ownership as troop transport USAT J.W. McAndrew.
3/13/1945: In collision with French aircraft transport Bearn while in convoy northeast of the Azores. Badly damaged, she
proceeded to Point Delgada, Azores for TempR. PermR made in Baltimore were completed 6/1945.
Voyage: New York in convoy CU 61 for Liverpool with troops.
J. W. VAN DYKE: Am S/T 1938 11,651gt
1944: 6/9
J. WARREN KEIFER: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1944: 3/27; 5/26; 8/24
J. WILLARD GIBBS: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1943: 12/14 1944: 5/31; 8/30 1945: 1/19
JAAMERI: Fin S/S 1920 2,521gt (ex CHARTER HAGUE-Fin 1939)
Arr 1940: 12/23 1941: 1/14
4/26/1944: Mined and sunk off German Baltic coast.
JAARSTROOM: Du S/S 1922 1,976gt
1943: 1/27
2/9/1944: In a multiple collision in fog, 10 miles off Casablanca with Winsum*(Du), Empire Tana (Br), Shirrabank*(Br)
and Dunav*(Yug).
JABOATAO: Brazil S/S 1907 4,526gt
1941: 5/10 1944: 4/15; 8/12 1945: 4/20
JACKSONVILLE: Am (T2) 1944 10,448gt
1944: 7/17; 8/18
8/3/1944: In collision with freighter Elisabeth Dal *(Br) in the Mersey.
8/30/1944: Torpedoed by U482 about 7nm north of Malin Head, Ireland at 55 30N-07 30W. On fire, she exploded breaking
in two. The forepart sank in position. Aft part drifted northeast 27nm to about 11nm NW of Rinns Point on Islay Island
where sunk by escort vessels with depth charges and gunfire at 55 45N-06 49W.
Voyage: New York (lv 8/19) in convoy CU 36 for Loch Ewe and Shell Haven with gasoline.
JACOB CHRISTENSEN: Nor S/S 1920 3,594gt
1939: 12/28
6/18/1940: Scuttled by her crew to block the harbor at Rochefort, France while laden with cargo of cotton and lubricating
oil. Captured by the Germans, raised and repaired. Renamed Baldur.
5/23/1944: As Baldur, torpedoed and sunk by submarine HMS Sceptre off Castro Urdiales, northern Spain.
JACOB H. GALLINGER: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1945: 1/17; 3/17; 7/25; 8/17
JACOB LUCKENBACH: Am S/S (War) 1918 5,817gt
1942: 9/24
1943: 7/29; 10/15
1944: 6/4; 7/22; 9/12 detained-proceeding 9/15; 11/3; 12/29
1945: 3/3; 4/21; 7/9
JACOB PERKINS: Am (EC2) 1944 7,244gt
1944: 4/29; 8/24
JACOB S. MANSFIELD: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1945: 5/7; 8/13
JACOB SLOAT FASSETT: Am (EC2) 1944 7,198gt
1944: 7/10 1945: 5/1
JACOB THOMPSON: Am (Z-ET) 1943 7,218gt
1943: 12/28
1944: 3/4; 4/11; 6/9; 7/31; 11/13
1945: 1/1; 3/24 diverted to Houston instead of Aruba (4/3).
JACQUES CARTIER: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1944: 5/25
JACQUES LARAMIE: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1943: 8/6; 10/9; 12/27
JALAPA: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt
1943: 7/8; 7/24 1944: 4/29; 12/28
JAMAICA: Am S/S Pass-Reefer 1933 6,968gt
1939: 9/6; 9/23; 10/14; 11/1; 11/18; 12/6; 12/23
Arr 1940: 1/8; 1/26; 2/13; 2/29; 3/18; 4/4; 4/22; 5/9; 5/27; 6/13; 7/1; 7/18; 8/5; 8/22; 9/9; 10/3; 10/21; 11/7; 11/25; 12/11; 12/30
1941: 1/17; 2/5; 2/21; 3/12; 3/28; 4/16; 5/2; 5/21; 6/5; 6/18; 7/9; 7/30; 8/20; 9/10; 10/1; 10/29; 11/19; 12/10; 12/31
1942: 1/21
3/24/1942: To USN at Galveston as stores ship renamed USS Ariel (AF-22).
JAMAICA: Nor M/V Reefer 1936 3,015gt
1941: 12/18
1942: 1/29; 3/17; 4/27; 6/4
10/29/1940: Mined in Bristol Channel off Barry at 51 21N-03 08W. Anchored. Arr Avonmouth on next day.
Voyage: Kingston (Jamaica) for Avonmouth with bananas.
3/7/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U221 southwest of Ireland at 48N-23 30W.
Voyage: Sailed independently from Liverpool (lv ¾) for New York in ballast.
JAMAICA PLANTER: Br M/V Reefer 1936 4,098gt
1942: 2/20; 4/24; 6/22; 8/17; 10/16; 12/12
1943: 10/30; 12/21
1944: 2/11; 4/11
1/22/1941: Mined in Bristol Channel about 1.5 miles south of Nell’s Point, Barry Island. Severely damaged. Beached at
Old Harbor, Barry to discharge cargo. Refloated. Towed to Whitmore Bay arr 2/13 and beached. Arr 2/18 at Barry.
Voyage: Kingston (Jamaica) for Avonmouth with citrus fruits and general cargo.
7/1/1941: Damaged in air attack at Barry.
12/27/1944: Sunk in collision with tanker Wellesley (Am T3) in Bristol Channel, off Barry at 51 21 45N-03 14 22W.
Voyage: New York in convoy HX 326 for the Mersey with refrigerated cargo.
JAMAICA PRODUCER: Br S/S Reefer 1934 5,464gt
1942: 9/16; 12/23
1943: 8/13; 10/4; 11/25
1944: 1/18
3/11/1943: Torpedoed by both U86 and U406 in North Atlantic at approx 51 14N-29 18W. Towed into port.
Voyage: New York in convoy HX 228 for the Mersey.
JAMAIQUE: France S/S Pass-Reefer 1922 10,123gt
1943: 4/23; 11/12
1944: 2/11; 5/4; 7/10; 9/25
1945: 2/6; 2/27; 5/5; 6/23
11/8/1942: Captured by RN with freighter Cerevennes (Fra) at French port of Oran during Operation Torch.
JAMES A. BAYARD: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1943: 12/21 1944: 3/3; 7/29
JAMES A. FARRELL: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1943: 8/19; 11/18 1944: 4/11
6/29/1944: Torpedoed by U984 in English Channel about 34nm southeast of St. Catherine’s Point at 50 07N-0 47W.
She was hit in the stern, flooding and lost her propeller. Troops on board transferred to LST-50. Taken in tow to
Spithead arr next day. Beached to discharge cargo. Total Loss. Broken up.
Voyage: Southampton in convoy EMC 17 for Omaha Beach, Normandy with US troops, equipment and vehicles.
JAMES A. WETMORE: Am (EC2) 1943 7,201gt
1943: 12/1 1944: 5/18 1945: 5/17
JAMES A WILDER: Am (EC2) 1944 7,207gt
1944: 6/28
JAMES AND STANLEY: Br Fishing Schooner wood 1918 159gt
Arr 1940: 3/16; 7/12; 9/25; 11/12
1942: 8/13
JAMES B. ASWELL: Am (EC2) 1944 7,176gt
1945: 4/12
JAMES B. DUKE: Am (EC2) 1944 7,200gt
1944: 9/28; 12/28 1945: 3/23
JAMES B. EADS: Am (EC2) 1942 7,176gt
1943: 9/8; 11/25
JAMES B. HICKOK: Am (EC2) 1943 7,194gt
1944: 5/9
JAMES B. MILLER: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1944: 6/9; 8/24 1945: 3/17; 8/4
JAMES B. RICHARDSON: Am (EC2-LTS) 1942 7,177gt
1942: 11/18R
1943: 7/7 detained-awaiting Navy orders-proceeding 7/15; 9/21
1944: 4/4
1945: 2/6; 4/27; 7/7
JAMES B. WEAVER: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1944: 4/4 1945: 4/25
JAMES BARBOUR: Am (EC2-LTS) 1943 7,196gt
1943: 7/30
JAMES BENNETT MOORE: Am (EC2) 1945 7,198gt
1945: 2/2; 4/17
JAMES BOWDOIN: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1944: 2/19; 5/4
JAMES BOWIE: Am (EC2) 1942 7,196gt
1943: 1/21; 5/27; 11/12
1944: 2/11; 4/17
JAMES C. CAMERON: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1944: 4/25 1945: 2/16
JAMES CALDWELL: Am (EC2) 1942 7,191gt
1942: 11/7
1943: 2/5; 4/20; 11/7
1944: 2/11; 4/11
1945: 2/1
JAMES COOK: Am (Z-ET1) 1943 7,208gt
1944: 6/9; 8/28; 9/22
1945: 5/10
JAMES D. TRASK: Am (EC2) 1944 7,210gt
1942: 12/2 1945: 3/12; 6/9
JAMES DE WOLF: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1943: 11/27 1944: 4/25; 9/28
JAMES DUNCAN: Am (EC2) 1942 7,176gt
1943: 9/27; 12/21 1944: 2/26
JAMES E. HAVILAND: Am (EC2) 1943 7,244gt
1943: 6/29; 8/26 1944: 4/17 1945: 5/12
JAMES E. HUGHES: Br S/Tug 1914 293gt (ex USN Tug USS ARAPAHO YT-121)
1941: 9/18 1942: 4/18
JAMES E. NEWSOM: Br/Can Schooner 1919 671gt
1939: 12/2
Arr 1940: 8/29
1941: 10/28 delayed due to lack of wind-proceeding 10/30
5/1/1942: Sunk by gunfire from U69 about 310nm northeast of Bermuda at 35 50N-59 40W.
Voyage: Barbados for St. Johns NF with molasses.
JAMES EAGAN LAYNE: Am (EC2) 1944 7,176gt
1945: 1/17
3/21/1945: Torpedoed by U399 near Eddystone Light in English Channel about 5nm south of Rame Head, Plymouth
at 50 13N-04 14W. Abandoned when holds and engine room flooded. Towed to Whitesand Bay and beached. She
settled on the bottom with only masts showing. Total Loss.
Voyage: Barry (lv 3/20) in convoy BTC 103 for Ghent with army engineers equipment.
JAMES ELLWOOD JONES: Am S/S 1918 3,372gt
1943: 5/11; 6/25
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER: Am (EC2) 1942 7,176gt
1942: 11/7
1943: 3/31; 7/8; 9/28; 10/30
1944: 4/25; 9/27
12/8-9/1944: In a collision with and badly damaging frigate USS Huron (PF-19) in heavy seas.
Voyage: Hampton Roads (lv 12/1) for North Africa.
JAMES FERGUS: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1944: 2/26; 6/24; 10/18
1945: 1/29; 5/5
JAMES FORD RHODES: Am (EC2-LTS) 1942 7,176gt
1943: 4/13; 10/11
JAMES G. BIRNEY: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1943: 6/3; 7/30 1944: 3/5; 5/18
JAMES G. BLAINE: Am (EC2-LTS) 19437,176gt
1942: 10/6
1944: 4/25; 6/16; 8/23
1945: 2/26
JAMES G. MAGUIRE: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1944: 5/18; 9/28
JAMES GORDON BENNETT: Am (EC2) 1942 7,176gt
1943: 5/24; 7/22; 10/23
9/23/1943: Struck by dud torpedo from U952 about 425nm south of Cape Farewell at 53N-40W.
Voyage: Liverpool in convoy ON 202 for New York.
JAMES GRIFFITHS: Am S/S 1920 3,321gt
1942: 1/31
JAMES GUNN: Am (EC2) 1942 7,191gt
1942: 8/8
1943: 4/9; 6/23
1944: 5/16; 10/17; 10/26
1945: 1/22; 1/27
JAMES GUTHRIE: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1943: 10/16; 10/30
3/17/1944: Damaged in air raid on Naples Harbor when a bomb fell into a hold while discharging cargo.
Voyage: New York (lv 2/9) for Naples with military stores.
4/17/1944: Struck two Allied mines about 2 miles south of Isle of Capri at 40 34N-14 16E. Engine room, holds flooded.
Abandoned. Towed by USN tug to Naples and beached. Total Loss.
Ship was in ballast and forming up with other vessels to leave with convoy NV 33 for USA.
JAMES H. COUPER: Am (EC2) 1943 7,199gt
1943: 10/30 1944: 9/5 1945: 2/26
JAMES H. PRICE: Am (EC2) 1944 7,198gt
1945: 1/7
JAMES HARLAN: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1943: 11/25 1944: 2/1; 6/17
JAMES HARROD: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1943: 10/23 1944: 5/8
1/16/1945: Collided with anchored Raymond B. Stevens (Am-EC2) at the Downs off Deal. Caught fire, beached at
Pegwell Bay where broke in two, Afterpart sank, while the forepart remained beached. Total Loss.
JAMES HAWSON: Nor M/T 1930 6,074gt
1941: 8/29
1942: 1/25; 4/14; 7/25; 10/1R; 11/7
1943: 2/3R; 3/31
1944: 6/22; 8/16; 10/6; 11/18 detained for repairs-proceeding 11/23; 12/15
1945: 1/29
JAMES HOBAN: Am (EC2-LTS) 1942 7,176gt
1943: 6/29; 8/28
JAMES I. McKAY: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1943: 11/18 1944: 4/4 1945: 4/10
JAMES IREDELL: Am (EC2-LTS) 1943 7,177gt
1943: 1/11; 5/13; 8/31
6/1943: Damaged while in convoy when a nearby ship loaded with explosives was torpedoed and blew up. She proceeded to
Palermo where intentionally grounded to discharge cargo. Voyage: US to Palermo.
10/23/1943: Damaged in air attack while anchored in Naples Harbor. A bomb entered number 2 hold where electrical wire