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Convoy TAG 5

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Ships in the convoy^[3]
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|conflict=Convoy TAG.5
|partof=World War II
|date=12–16 September 1942
|place=Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea
|combatant1= Germany
|combatant2={{flagicon|Canada|1921}} Canada
{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands
{{flagicon|Norway}} Norway
{{flagicon|Panama}} Panama
United Kingdom
{{flagicon|United States|1912}} United States
|commander1=Admiral Karl Dönitz
Kapitänleutnant Günther Krech
|strength1=1 U-boat
|strength2=17 merchant ships
7 escorts
|casualties1=
|casualties2=2 ships sunk
1 damaged, and then total loss
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Convoy TAG 5 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the second World War. It was the 5th of the numbered TAG Convoys from Trinidad and Aruba to Guantánamo.^[1] The convoy was found on 13 September 1942 by {{GS|U-558||2}}. Kapitänleutnant Günther Krech (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross) destroyed three ships from the convoy in two approaches aboard U-558.^[2]{{toclimit|2}}

Ships in the convoy^[3]

Name	Flag	Tonnage (GRT)	Notes
Alar (1939)	{{flagcountry\|Norway}}	9,430	Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Altair (1920)	{{flagcountry\|United States\|1912}}	6,933	Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Beaconoil (1919)	{{flagcountry\|UKGBI\|civil}}	6,893	Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base; probably this convoy
Cottica (1927)	{{flagcountry\|Netherlands}}	3,989
Empire Kangaroo (1919)	{{flagcountry\|UKGBI\|civil}}	6,219
Empire Lugard (1941)	{{flagcountry\|UKGBI\|civil}}	7,241	Sunk by {{GS\|U-558	2}^[4]
Examiner (1942)	{{flagcountry\|United States\|1912}}	6,736
Gulftide (1937)	{{flagcountry\|United States\|1912}}	7,140
HMCS Halifax (K237)	{{navy\|Canada\|1921}}		Escort 12 Sep – 14 Sep
Henry D Whiton (1921)	{{flagcountry\|United States\|1912}}	4,548
Hoegh Silverdawn (1940)	{{flagcountry\|Norway}}	7,715
Leonatus (1938)	{{flagcountry\|Panama}}	2,242
Macabi (1921)	{{flagcountry\|Panama}}	2,802
Peter Hurll (1930)	{{flagcountry\|Panama}}	10,871
Saintonge (1936)	{{flagcountry\|UKGBI\|civil}}	9,386	Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Suriname (1930)	{{flagcountry\|Netherlands}}	7,915	Sunk by {{GS\|U-558	2}^[5]
USS PC-481	{{navy\|United States\|1912}}		Escort 12 Sep – 16 Sep
USS PC-574	{{navy\|United States\|1912}}		Escort 12 Sep – 16 Sep
USS Spry	{{navy\|United States\|1912}}		Escort 12 Sep – 16 Sep
USS Upshur (DD-144)	{{navy\|United States\|1912}}		Escort 12 Sep – 16 Sep
USS YMS-24	{{navy\|United States\|1912}}		Escort 13 Sep – 16 Sep
USS YMS-56	{{navy\|United States\|1912}}		Escort 13 Sep – 16 Sep
Vilja (1928)	{{flagcountry\|Norway}}	6,672	Torpedoed by {{GS\|U-558	2}^[6] and abandoned, but reboarded and safely arrived in Trinidad damaged. Later declared a total loss.
West Kyska (1918)	{{flagcountry\|United States\|1912}}	5,552	Did not sail

References

1. ^Hague, p.113
2. ^Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.164
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/tag/index.html |title=Convoy |publisher=Arnold Hague Convoy Database |accessdate=24 October 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191802/http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/tag/index.html |archivedate=29 October 2013 |df= }}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2165.html|title=MV Empire Lugard – British Motor merchant|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=24 October 2013}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2166.html|title=SS Suriname – Dutch Steam merchant|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=24 October 2013}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2162.html|title=MV Vilja – Norwegian Motor tanker|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=24 October 2013}}

Bibliography

{{cite book

| last = Hague
| first = Arnold
| title = The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945
| year = 2000
| isbn = 1-86176-147-3
| ref = {{sfnRef|Hague}}

{{cite book| title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945 |author1=Rohwer, J. |author2=Hummelchen, G. |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1992 |isbn=1-55750-105-X}}

External links

TAG 5 at convoyweb

1 : Caribbean convoys of World War II

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Ships in the convoy[3]

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Ships in the convoy^[3]