Escorts Convoy of LST’s to Oran via Bermuda
From May 1st to May 26th, the Champlin escorts LST’s from Brooklyn to Oran, stopping for five days in Bermuda (May 5-9). Â The crew gets to relax all five days with very little activity or [...]
From May 1st to May 26th, the Champlin escorts LST’s from Brooklyn to Oran, stopping for five days in Bermuda (May 5-9). Â The crew gets to relax all five days with very little activity or [...]
From March 24th to April 16th, the Champlin escorts a convoy from Casablanca back to Boston Navy Yard.
The convoy has five ships hit by torpedos during the next couple of days. Â The USS Champlin picks up survivors from the SS Molly Pitcher, a Liberty ship that was torpedoed and damaged by German [...]
At 21:10, the convoy makes contact with German U-Boat #130 and the Champlin begins her attack, dropping depth charges on the submarine. Â The submarine was forced to the surface at 21:55, and the [...]
The USS Champlin joins two other ships and undergoes anti-submarine training exercises off the coast of New London, Connecticut.
Info below updated on November 8th, 2019 Update includes three more confirmed characters! I have recently been working on some research for some Eighth Air Force veterans and their families, and [...]
The Champlin begins its second slow convoy to the war zone, this time escorting convoy USG G from New York to Casablanca. Â Three days into the voyage, two ships accidentally collide and both [...]
From January 19th to February 7th 1943, the Champlin escorts a slow convoy from Casablanca to New York.
The crew witnesses a German air raid on New Year’s Eve, but no planes come within firing range of the Champlin. The air raid consisted of 8-10 German planes. The Champlin would remain [...]
After a 20 day journey, the Champlin arrives in Casablanca, Morocco. After a couple of days of patrolling off the coast, the Champlin spends three weeks moored in port.