U.S. Merchant Ships with Naval Armed Guard aboard Participating in Convoy Battles during World War II Earning Battle Stars
| Africander | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Alamar | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| Alcoa Banner | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| Alcoa Rambler | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
| Alcoa Ranger | 3 Jul 42-5 Jul 42 |
| American Robin | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| Artigas | 15 Feb 43-27 Feb 43 |
| Ballot | 22 Dec 42-3 Jan 43 |
| Bayou Chico | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
| Beaconhill | 15 Feb 43-27 Feb 43 |
| Beauregard | 15 Dec 42-29 Jan 43 |
| Bellingham | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Benjamin Harrison | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Bering | 15 Feb 43-27 Feb 43 |
| Calobre | 22 Dec 42- 3 Jan 43 |
| Campfire | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Capira | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
| Carlton | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Charles R. McCormick | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Chester Valley | 22 Dec 42- 3 Jan 43 |
| Christopher Newport | 3 Jul 42-5 Jul 42 |
| City of Flint | 6 Feb 42-28 Feb 42 |
| City of Joliet | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| City of Omaha | 15 Feb 43-27 Feb 43 |
| Cornelius Harnett | 17 Jan 43-29 Jan 43 |
| Cotton Mather | no date given |
| Daniel Morgan | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Deer Lodge | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
| Delsud | 17 Jan 43-29 Jan 43 |
| Dunboyne | 18 Mar 42-30 Mar 42 |
| Dynastic | 15 Dec 42-29 Jan 43 |
| Effingham | 18 Mar 42-30 Mar 42 |
| El Almirante | 15 Dec 42-29 Jan 43 |
| El Capitan | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| El Oceano | 15 Dec 42-29 Jan 43 |
| El Oriente | 17 Jan 43-29Jan 43 |
| Eldena | 18 Mar 42-30 Mar 42 |
| Esek Hopkins | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Executive | 22 Dec 42- 3 Jan 43 |
| Exford | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Expositor | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
| Exterminator | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| Fairfield City | 3 Jul 42-5 Jul 42 |
| Francis Scott Key | 15 Feb 43-27 Feb 43 |
| Francis Scott Key | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
| Gateway City | 15 Dec 42-29 Jan 43 |
| Greylock | 15 Dec 42-29 Jan 43 |
| Gulfwing | 17 Jan 43-29 Jan 43 |
| Hegira | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
| Hollywood | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Honomu | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Hoosier | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Hugh Williamson | 31 Oct 42-11 Nov 42 |
| Hybert | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| Ironclad | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Israel Putnam | 15 Feb 43-27 Feb 43 |
| J. L. M. Curry | 15 Dec 42-29 Jan 43 |
| Jefferson Myers | 22 Dec 42- 3 Jan 43 |
| John H. B. Latrobe | 22 Dec 42-3 Jan 43 |
| John H. B. Latrobe | 31 Oct 42-11 Nov 42 |
| John Penn | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| John Randolph | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| John Walker | 30 Oct 42- 8 Nov 42 |
| John Witherspoon | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Kentucky | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Lancaster | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
| Larranga | 16 Dec 41-19 Jan 42 |
| Macbeth | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Mary Luckenbach | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Massmar | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| Mauna Kea | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| Meanticut | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Michigan | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| Minotaur | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| Mobile City | 15 Feb 43-27 Feb 43 |
| Mormacmar | 18 Mar 42-30 Mar 42 |
| Mormacrey | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
| Mormacrio | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
| Mormacsul | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| Nathaniel Greene | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Nemaha | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| Nicholas Gilman | 17 Jan 43-29 Jan 43 |
| Oliver Ellsworth | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Olopana | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Omar E. Chapman | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Oregonian | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Oremar | 15 Dec 42-29 Jan 43 |
| Pan Atlantic | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Pan Kraft | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Patrick Henry | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Paul Luckenhach | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
| Peter Kerr | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Puerto Rican | 22 Dec 42- 3 Jan 43 |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 22 Dec 42- 3 Jan 43 |
| Richard Bassett | 15 Dec 42-29 Jan 43 |
| Richard Bland | 15 Dec 42-29 Jan 43 |
| Richard H. Alvey | 29 Oct 42- 6 Nov 42 |
| Richard Henry Lee | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| Sahale | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Schoharie | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Seattle Spirit | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
| Silver Sword | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| St. Olaf | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Texas | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
| Thomas Hartley | 15 Feb 43-27 Feb 43 |
| Troubador | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Vermont | 22 Dec 42- 3 Jan 43 |
| Virginia Dare | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Washington | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| West Cheswald | 8 Apr 42-19 Apr 42 |
| West Gotomska | 15 Dec 42-29 Jan 43 |
| West Nilus | 20 May 42-1 Jun 42 |
| White Clover | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| William Clark | 31 Oct 42- 4 Nov 42 |
| William Hooker | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| William Moultrie | 7 Sept 42-2l Sept 42 |
| William S. Ladd | 7 Sept 42-21 Sept 42 |
| Wind Rush | 15 Dec 42-29 Jan 43 |
| Winston Salem | 3 Jul 42- 5 Jul 42 |
| Zebulon B. Vance | 21 Mar 42-6 May 42 |
Convoy TAG 18 [1 Nov 42-6 Nov 42]
Eagle
Felix Taussig
Moldova
Pan Gulf
Ardmore
Benjamin Bourn
Cities Service Kansas
Domino
Edward L. Doheny
F. H. Bedford, Jr.
Gulfpride
Leaa
Meton
Nishmaha
Paulsboro
Peter Hurll
Convoy SC-107 [3 Nov 42-8 Nov 42]
Anne Skakel
Fred W. Weller
Hahira
Leland Stanford
Olney
Tidewater
Convoy ON-166 [21 Feb 43-25 Feb 43]
Charles H. Cramp
Chattanooga City
El Oceano
Exilona
Expositor
Franz Klasen
Gateway City
Hastings
Jonathan Sturges
Mark Twain
Omar E. Chapman
Pan Maine
Pan Maryland
Thomas B. Robertson
Wind Rush
Winkler
Convoy UC-1 [22 Feb 43-24 Feb 43]
Esso Baton Rouge
Gulf Point
Mobilgas
Tidewater
Convoy SC-121 [3 Mar 43-10 Mar 43]
Alcoa Leader
Hollywood
Leland Stanford
Malantic
Convoy UGS-6 [12 Mar 43-18 Mar 43]
Alan-A.-Dale
Alcoa Voyager
American Robin
Anthony Wayne
Aztec
Benjamin Bourn
Benjamin Harrison
Bret Harte
Calvin Coolidge
Columbian
Cornelius Gilliam
Delmar
Esso Bayway
Exford
George Shiras
George Taylor
George Weems
Hegira
Henry B. Brown
Henry W. Longfellow
John C. Calhoun
John Jay
Joseph T. Robinson
Keystone
Mokihana
Molly Pitcher
Oliver Hazard Perry
Paul Hamilton
Peter Minuit
Richard Jordan Gatling
Texas
Walter E. Ranger
Walter Raleigh
West Nilus
Wildwood
William Coddington
William Johnson
William S. Ladd
Convoy HX-229 [16 Mar 43-18 Mar 43]
Daniel Webster
Gulf Disc
Harry Luckenbach
Hugh Williamson
Irenee Dupont
James Oglethorpe
Jean
Kofresi
Margaret Lykes
Matthew Luckenbach
Pan Rhode Island
Robert Howe
Walter Q. Gresham
William Eustis
Convoy HX-233 [16 Apr 43-18 Apr 43]
Alcoa Cutter
Antell J. Byles
Atenas
Charles Brantley Aycock
George Handley
Good Gulf
Harrison Smith
Isaac Sharpless
James Fenimore Cooper
James Jackson
John Bidwell
Kentuckian
Lena Luckenbach
Roger Williams
Sun
Wallace E. Pratt
William D. Pender
Convoy MKS-21 [13 Aug 43]
Anne Bradstreet
David Stone
Ezra Meeker
Francis Parkman
Francis W. Pettigrove
George Davis
George W. McCrary
Henry Baldwin
James G. Blaine
James W. Marshall
Jonathan Elmer
Louisa M. Alcott
Pierre L'Enfant
Solomon Juneau
Tabitha Brown
William T. Barry
William W. Gerhard
Convoy KMF-25A [6-Nov 43]
Argentina
Edmund B. Alexander
Hawaiian Shipper
Henry Gibbins
James Parker
John Ericsson
Monterey
Santa Elena
Santa Paula
Santa Rosa
Sloterdijk
Thomas H. Barry
Convoy KMS-31 [11 Nov 43]
Alexander Ramsey
Andrew Hamilton
Edward Burleson
Felipe de Neve
Gabriel Duval
George Davis
Hugh S. Legare
Isaac Coles
James Ford Rhodes
James M. Gillis
John Mason
Josiah Parker
Lincoln Steffens
William Patterson
William S. Rosecrans
Convoy UGS-36 [1 Apr 44]
B. F. Shaw
Donaldson
E. Kirby Smith
Elisha Mitchell
Frederick C. Howe
George Abernathy
George Bancroft
George H. Pendleton
George M. Bibb
Henry Baldwin
Henry W. Longfellow
Ignoce Paderewski
James McHenry
Jared lngersol
John D. Fremont
John Trumbull
Jubal A. Early
K. I. Luckenbach
Kemp P. Battle
Lawrence D. Tyson
Leo J. Duster
Lincoln Steffens
Louis Hennepin
Lucretia Mott
Marion McKinley Bovard
Nathan B. Forrest
Nathan Clifford
Paul H. Harwood
Robert B. Randall
Silas Weir Mitchell
Sun
Sun Yat Sen
Tarleton Brown
Theodoric Bland
Thomas Heyward
William B. Wilson
William D. Moseley
William F. Cody
William H Dall
Woodrow Wilson
Convoy UGS-37 [11 Apr 44-12 Apr 44]
A. J. Cermak
Amos Kendall
Atenas
Benjamin Chew
Benjamin Lundy
Black Hawk
Bret Harte
Charles Piez
Edward P. Costigan
Gideon Welles
Hamlin Garland
Harry Lane
Henry Ward Beecher
Heywood Broun
Horace H. Lurton
James F. Howard
James H. Couper
James Jackson
Jesse Billingsley
John C. Breckenridge
John N. Robbins
John Wanamaker
Jose Marti
Josiah Parker
Lewis Emery, Jr
Louis A. Sengteller
Meyer London
O. Henry
Pere Marquette
Peter Cartwright
Richard Rush
Roger Williams
Sarah J. Hale
Stephen W. Kearney
Susan V. Luckenbach
Thomas G. Masaryk
Thomas Hart Benton
W. H. Libby
Waigstill Avery
Wallace E. Pratt
William H. Jackson
William H. Meredith
Wilson P. Hunt
Convoy UGS-38 [20 Apr 44]
Andrew T. Huntington
Cardinal Gibbons
Carrillo
Cartago
Dorothy Luckenbach
Ethan Allen
Fitzhugh Lee
George Chamberlain
Gulfcoast
Henry Groves Connor
Israel Putnam
James Gordon Bennett
James Hoban
James McKenna
John Gorrie
John Mason
John N. Maffitt
John Sedgwick
Josiah Bartlett
Leslie M. Shaw
Pan Maine
Paul Hamilton
Robert Battey
Robert Ellis Lewis
Robert Newell
Royal Star
Samite
Samuel Livermore
Stephen P. Austin
Stephen W. Gambrill
U. S. O.
Willie Jones
Convoy UGS-40 [11 May 44]
Abangarez
Abraham Lincoln
Albino Perez
Ben F. Dixon
Benjamin Huntington
Carter Braxton
Charles A. Wickliffe
Clement Clay
Colin P. Kelly. Jr.
Conrad Weiser
Cornelius Gilliam
Francis M. Smith
George H. Dern
Grenville M. Dodge
James J. Pettigrew
James M. Gillis
James W. Fannin
James Whilcomb Riley
Janet Lord Roper
John Banvard
John Dickinson
John F. Myers
John Stevens
John W. Griffiths
Samuel Moody
Stephen A. Douglas
Thomas L. Clingman
Thomas Nuttall
Thomas W. Bickett
Van Lear Black
William B. Giles
William H. Aspinwall
William H. Moody
William Mulholland
William Patterson
Zachary Taylor
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