USAT Fairfax
US Army Transport

USAT Fairfax at Frobisher Bay
23th Aug. 1942.
|
Call sign |
Name |
Built |
Service |
Owner |
|
? |
Fairfax |
1926 |
1942-44 |
Merchants & Miners Transportation Company |

| 1 ? | March 1942 | Convoy SG ?? | New York (Mar. 42) - St. Johns - BW1 |
| 1 ? | May 1942 | Convoy GS ?? | BW7 - St. Johns - Halifax - Boston (May 42) |
| 2 | June 1942 | Convoy SG 2 | Sydney NS - BW1 (21.6.42) |
| 2 | 1942 | Convoy GS ?? | |
| 3 ? | July 1942 | Convoy SG ?? | Boston (4.7.42) - Halifax - St. Johns - Fort Chimo - Kungniat Bay - Frobisher Bay |
| 3 | Aug.-Sept. 1942 | Frobisher Bay, Canada. (23.8. - 13.9.42) | |
| 3 ? | Sept. 1942 | Convoy GS ?? | Greenland - ? - Boston |
| 4 | Nov. 1942 | Convoy SG 12 | St. Johns - BW1 (4.11. - 11.11.42) |
| 4 | 1942 | Convoy GS ?? | |
| 5 | 1943 | Convoy SG ?? | |
| 5 | June 1943 | Convoy GS 24 | BW1 (10.6.1943) - St. Johns |
| ? | July 1943 |
Grounded (Kungnat Bay, Greenland)
- floated by Mohawk and Tahoma |
|
| 6 | December 1943 | Convoy SG 37 | St. Johns (13.12.1943) - Grondal |
| 6 | 1944 | Convoy GS ?? | |
| 7 | June-July 1944 | Convoy SG ?? | Boston - St. Johns - BW1 - BW8 - BW7 - Kungnat Bay. |
| 7 | 1944 | Convoy GS ?? |

Incoming letter from
GODTHAAB (30.3.1942) to USAT Fairfax, Camp Bluie West No.
7 = Ivigtut.
Transit on back:
APO 859 (6.6.1942) = Sondre Stromfjord.
|
Ship |
Postmark |
Date |
Sender |
Note |
|
USAT Fairfax |
Godthaab |
30.3.1942 |
Dr.
Lee H. Sherwin, SURGEON |
PR |
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