APPENDIX B TO HISTORY OF CONVOY AND ROUTING

SOURCES USED

The following is a list of the sources on which the statements made in the preceding narrative are based. Other sources were used but do not appear below, being specified in the text of the narrative.

  1. "Our Navy At War"--A report to the Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Ernest J. King, 27 March '44.
  2. "United States Navy At War"--second official report to the Secretary of the Navy by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, 12 March '45.
  3. Annual Report--Fiscal Year 1944--The Secretary of the Navy to the president of the United States, 10 February '45.
  4. C.N.O. serial 061638, 17 October '41 (Op-38-S-A)
  5. C.N.O. serial 064038, 15 December '41 (Op-38-S-P)
  6. "Naval Shipping Control in Time of War--Organization and Functions", C.N.O. 17 June '41.
  7. CominCh serial 02561 of 29 July '43.
  8. C.N.O. serial 071912 of 1 July '41.
  9. CominCh S. 128145, July '42.
  10. CominCh serial 1194, 14 May '42.
  11. CominCh and C.N.O., serial 02561, 29 July '43.
  12. CominCh S. 051523, June '43.
  13. CominCh and C.N.O. S. 271945 (and 091308), December '44.
  14. CominCh and C.N.O. S. 101237, November '43.
  15. CominCh and C.N.O. S. 161252, March '44
  16. CominCh S. 022101, July '43.
  17. CominCh S. 122126, 251455 and 251637, January '43.
  18. CominCh and C.N.O. S. 171522, October '43.
  19. CominCh S. 192120, April '45.
  20. CominCh S. 031646, September '44.
  21. "Statistical Summary of Five years of War on British, Allied, and Neutral Shipping"--Admiralty, Trade Division, S.R. 77, 25 January '45.
  22. CB 04050, May 1940 (Admiralty: Monthly Anti-Submarine Report).
  23. S.R. 9A, 11 April 1945 (Admiralty Trade Division)
  24. CinCMed S. 281702, September '44.
  25. Admiralty S. 162304, September '43.
  26. CinCMed S. 251941, October '44.
  27. CinCMed S. 281054, May '44.
  28. Admiralty S. 052043, February '45.
  29. Admiralty S. 241949, June '43 and CominCh S. 252221, June '43.
  30. N.S.H.Q. C. 091617, October '43.
  31. "Brief history of Naval Transportation Service Since June 1937", Op-39-T-O-ml, 2 January '43.
  32. CominCh S. 072103, May '43.
  33. CominCh and C.N.O. S. 112125, April '44.
  34. CominCh serial 001515 of 29 July '43 and 001941 of 11 September '43.
  35. CominCh S. 122115, June '44.
  36. Admiralty C. 210039, December '44.
  37. ComTENTHFleet C. 161937, December '44.
  38. CominCh serial 00752 of August '42.
  39. Prime Minister England to President U. S., No. 234, 17 December '42.
  40. CominCh C&R S. 262021, July '43.
  41. "Brief History of the Office of the Port Director, Third Naval District"--Calendar years 1939 to 1942, inclusive, dated 1 January '43.
  42. W.S.A. letter of 21 November '44.

--B1--

  1. A.S.F.--Trans secret War 23836 of 16 April '44.
  2. C.B. 04050, December, 1942 (Admiralty: Monthly Anti-Submarine Report) Review of Year 1942.
  3. CinCPOA serial 001577 of 4 June '44.
  4. ComFwdAreaCenPac serials 001677 of 3 November and 001905 of 5 December '44.
  5. CominCh S.062152, October '42.
  6. CominCh S.122126 and CominCh C&R S. 181501, January '43.
  7. CominCh serial 02650 of 4 August '44.
  8. ABC-1: Report of the Combined British-United States Staff Conversations, serial 011512-12 (R), 27 March 1941.
  9. MPRI-1944: Mercantile Pacific Routing Instructions.
  10. GIRO-1944: General Instructions for Routing and Reporting Officers.
  11. MACRI-1944: Mercantile Atlantic Coastal Routing Instructions.
  12. MARI: Mercantile Atlantic Routing Instructions.
  13. MER-1: Operating Plan for the United States Merchant Ship Control Organization.
  14. UKAR: United Kingdom Approach Routes.
  15. BUSRA: British-United States Routing Agreement.
  16. Secret Log for U.S. Merchant Vessel.
  17. WPSC-46: Principal Navy Shipping Control Plan, RAINBOW No. 5.
  18. ICOC: Instructions for Commodores of Convoys.
  19. [No entry was provided for note 61--HyperWar]
  20. MCI: Mercantile Convoy Instructions.
  21. HO-224: The "Q" System.
  22. NCSI: Naval Control Service Instructions. (C.B. 03050). (See also "Outline of the Work of Trade Division", 1943, Admiralty, London).
  23. MSCI: Mediterranean Convoy Instructions.
  24. RPS-9A: Allowance Table of Communication Publications for Merchant Ships.
  25. AMSI: Admiralty Merchant Ship Instructions.
  26. CAMSI: Confidential Admiralty Merchant Ship Instructions.
  27. MERSIGS: Merchant Ships Visual Signalling Code.
  28. WIMS: Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships.
  29. FTP-219: Escort of Convoy Instructions.
  30. FTP-223: U. S. Fleet Anti-Submarine and Escort of Convoy Instructions.
  31. FTP-223A: U.S. Fleet Anti-Submarine and Escort of Convoy Instructions.
  32. ACI: Atlantic Convoy instructions.
  33. MEDARS: Mediterranean Routing Instructions.
  34. MEDCRI: Temporary Mediterranean Routing Instructions.
  35. MEDICOS: Mediterranean Instructions to Commodores.
  36. WIMS-42: Wartime Instructions U.S. Merchant Vessels.
  37. MEIRI: Mercantile East Indian Routing Instructions.
  38. ORS: Ottawa Routing Summary.
  39. MPCRI: Mercantile Pacific Coastal Routing Instructions.
  40. INRARSOPAC: Instrcutions for Routing and Reporting Officers, Southwest Pacific.
  41. SWPSFI: Southwest Pacific Sea Frontier Convoy and Routing Instructions.
  42. WPL-46: Basic War Plan.
  43. C. B. 3060-G: Merchant Ships of all Flags Over 1,000 Gross Tons.
  44. Memorandum 44: "An Analysis of the U. S. Coastal Trade Convoys", ASW Operations Research Group, TENTH Fleet, 18 December 1943.
  45. CominCh C&R S.171941 June '43.
  46. CominCh S.181235 September '42.
  47. CominCh and C.N.O. S.271655 October '44.
  48. ComGulfSeaFron S. 131602 May '43 and serial 00120 of 31 May '43.
  49. CominCh C&R S.221900 January '44; ComPaSeaFron S.231547 January '44; CominCh S.211932 May '44; and CominCh C&R S. 231421 May '44.
  50. ComTENTHFleet C&R C.091800 November '44; ComFourthFleet C.111310 November '44; and CominCh and C.N.O. S.091355 December '44.
  51. ComFourthFlt S.092004 and 121415 March '45 and ConCLant S.100427 March '44.
  52. CinCPac C.231209 August '44.
  53. ComTENTHFlt (C&R) C.241320 August '43.
  54. ComTENTHFlt (C&R) C.201935 January '44.

--B2--

  1. ComTENTHFlt (C&R) C.221529 and 261941 June '44.
  2. ComTENTHFlt (C&R) BAMS C.221357 August '44.
  3. ComTENTHFlt (C&R) C.122056 September '44.
  4. ComTENTHFlt (C&R) C.282004 Sept., 011528 Oct., and FX-01 S.271655 Oct. '44.
  5. June 1943 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  6. July 1943 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  7. August 1943 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  8. September 1943 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  9. October 1943 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  10. November 1943 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  11. December 1943 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  12. January 1944 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  13. February 1944 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  14. March 1944 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  15. April 1944 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  16. May 1944 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  17. June 1944 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  18. July 1944 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  19. August 1944 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  20. September 1944 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  21. October 1944 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  22. November 1944 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  23. December 1944 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  24. January 1945 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  25. February 1945 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  26. March 1945 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  27. April 1945 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  28. May 1945 issue of United States Fleet Anti-Submarine Bulletin.
  29. C&R S.171655 April '44.
  30. Canadian N.N.S. 1048-48-129 of 19 April '44, revised by N.N.S. 11650-5 of 6 March '45.
  31. ComEastSeaFron Serial 001281 of 7 February '45.
  32. N.S.H.Q., Ottawa S.281655 May '42.
  33. ComEastSeaFron serial 00376 of 18 January '43.
  34. CominCh S.122219 March '43.
  35. CinCCNA S.152035 May '43.
  36. C&R S.121856 April '44.
  37. N.S.H.Q. Ottawa S.132311 April '44.
  38. C&R S.171655 April '44.
  39. ComTENTHFlt serial 04260 of 16 December '43.
  40. Files of Convoy and Routing Section, FX-37.
  41. CominCh (C&R) C.112145 July '42.
  42. CominCh (C&R) S.071644, May '43.
  43. Ocean Policy Files, Ocean Convoy Plot Section (FX-3721).
  44. Coastal Policy Files, Coastal Convoy Plot Section (FX-3721).
  45. Files of Convoy Schedules Section (FX-3722).
  46. Files of Merchant Ship Plot Section (FX-3711).
  47. Files of Merchant Ship Records Section (FX-3712).
  48. Files of Communications Section (FX-375).
  49. VCNO serial 0285020, 23 Oct. '42.
  50. VCNO serial 0285120, 12 Oct. '42.
  51. CSPM 307 C 1 Mar. '43.
  52. ADMTY C.281526 April '43.

--B3--

  1. C&R C.081426 Jan. '43.
  2. C&R serial 02516, 26 July '43.
  3. ComNAVBase Fiji C.192045 Jan '44.
  4. C&R C.312014 Jan. '44.
  5. C&R C.061931 June '44.
  6. C&R C.301906 Aug. '44.
  7. C&R C.141405 Nov. '44.
  8. C&R C.061525 Nov. '44.
  9. C&R C.291802 July '44.
  10. C&R C.161937 Dec. '44.
  11. C&R C.101901 July '44.
  12. C&R C.231401 Nov. '44.
  13. ComSeventhFlt C.200750 Feb. '45.
  14. C&R C.261842 April '45.
  15. CinCPac serial 05547, 6 April '45.
  16. C&R C.181522 May '45.
  17. ADMTY R. 201810 May '45.
  18. C&R C.231453 April '45.

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