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RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS
Posted by: C. Newport ()
Date: March 09, 2001 01:09PM

Interesting comments and I admit it makes sense, though I imagine that having a ship do that every day must have drove the destroyer Captains nuts. In the case of HX-156, the ship having the aft position was the USS Niblack. Also, possibly the Ancylus was in reality having mechanical problems, as the USS Benson reported in their log that the tanker was showing \"breakdown\" lights at times. But of course, the ship was reportedly leaving and returning to the convoy on a daily basis.

Overall, I guess this says that there is no confirmed account of a convoy vessel \"cooperating\" with German U-boats, which is what I wanted to find out. It will be interesting though to see if the CNO ever investigated the Ancylus\' behavior as recommened by the Task Unit Commander.

C. Newport

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RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS C. Newport 03/08/2001 06:09PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS Rainer Bruns 03/08/2001 06:25PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS C. Newport 03/08/2001 06:42PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS Anders Wingren 03/08/2001 07:46PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS C. Newport 03/08/2001 08:40PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS Derek 03/08/2001 09:33PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS C. Newport 03/08/2001 10:24PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS Rainer Bruns 03/08/2001 11:32PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS C. Newport 03/09/2001 01:09PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS Rainer Bruns 03/09/2001 01:46PM


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