Posted by Bill Anderson on October 16, 2018, 8:23 am
My father Robert Anderson served as armed guard on the William A. Richardson and the William S Halstead. He served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. I've been trying to find out which convoys these ships sailed with and am not having any luck.Any info would be greatly appreciated
Re: William A. Richardson
Posted by Ron Carlson on October 17, 2018, 4:16 pm, in reply to "William A. Richardson"
Bill,
I suggest you do a "Ship Search" on the names of both ships at ConvoyWeb ( http://convoyweb.org.uk/hague/index.html). ConvoyWeb lists 26 convoys for WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON, and 17 convoys for WILLIAM S. HALSTED (note correct spelling). Also search WarSailors.com at https://www.warsailors.com/search.html, although that site will likely have only Atlantic and Mediterranean convoys.
ConvoyWeb overall is more comprehensive than WarSailors although WarSailors occasionally has more detail on a specific convoy or even a specific ship.
By matching convoy dates with the dates your father was aboard each ship you can determine his whereabouts with some accuracy, if only "at sea."
Good luck.
Ron Carlson, Webmaster Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website
