APPENDIX A TO HISTORY OF CONVOY & ROUTING
PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS USED
ALUSNA - U.S. Naval Attache ALUSLO - U.S. Naval Liaison Officer ALUSNOB - U.S. Naval Observer AMCON - American Consul AS - U.S. to West African Ports AT - U.S. to U.K. (Military) BAD - British Admiralty Delegation BAMS - Broadcast to Allied Merchant Ships BC - U.S. East Coast to Society Islands BT - Bahia to Trinidad BUSRA - British-United States Routing Agreement BX - Boston to Halifax C - Confidential dispatch C&R - Convoy and Routing Section, Headquarters of the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet and Commander, Tenth Fleet CINCMED - Commander in Chief, Mediterranean CINCLANT - Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet CINCPAC - Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet CNO - Chief of Naval Operations ComEastSeaFron - Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier ComFourthFleet - Commander, Fourth Fleet CominCh - Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (Headquarters) ComNavEu - Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe ComNavNaw - Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Northwest African Waters ComPaSeaFron - Commander, Panama Sea Frontier ComSoLant - Commander, South Atlantic Force ComTenthFlt (C&R) - Commander, Teth Fleet, Convoy and Routing Section ComWesSeaFron - Commander, Western Sea Frontier CSA - Consular Shipping Adviser CU - New York to Netherlands West Indies CU - New York to U.K. EASTOMP - Eastern Ocean Meeting Point GAT - Guantanamo to Aruba and Trinidad GK - Guantanamo to Key West GM - Galveston to Mississippi River GN - Guantanamo to New York GP - Galveston to Pilottown GS - Greenland to St. Johns, N.F., (or Sydney) GZ - Guantanamo to Panama Canal Zone HHX - Halifax Joiner to HX Convoy HK - Galveston to Key West HOMP - Halifax Ocean Meeting Point HX - New York to U.K. HXF - New York to Liverpool, Fast HXM - New York to Liverpool, Medium HXS - New York to Liverpool, Slow ICOMP - Iceland Ocean Meeting Point JT - Rio de Janiero to Trinidad KG - Key West to Guantanamo KH - Key West to Galveston KM - U.K. to Mediterranean KN - Key West to New York (also Key West to Norfolk) KS - Norfolk to Key West LW - U.S. East Coast to South West Pacific (Lone Wolf) MERCO - Merchant Control System
MG - Mississippi River to Galveston MK - Mediterranean to U.K. NA - Canada to U.K. NG - New York to Guantanamo NK - New York to Key West NMCS - Naval Member Canadian Joint Staff NSHQ - Naval Service Headquarters (Canadian) NTS - Naval Transportation Service OCT - Office of Chief of Transportation (U.S. Army) ON - Liverpool to New York, Fast ONF - Liverpool to New York, Fast ONI - Office of Naval Intelligence ONM - Liverpool to New York, Medium ONS - Liverpool to New York, Slow OP - Naval Operations OT - Aruba or Curacao to Northwest Africa OT - Curacao to Trinidad OT - New York to Netherlands West Indies PD - Port Director PG - Pilottown to Galveston S - Secret Dispatch SC - Halifax Slow to U.K. SG - Sydney or St. Johns, N.F. to Greenland SOMP - Sydney Ocean Meeting Point TA - U.K. to U.S. (Military) TAG - Trinidad to Aruba to Guantanamo TAW - Trinidad to Aruba to Key West TB - Trinidad to Bahia TCU - New York to U.K. (Troop) TJ - Trinidad to Rio de Janiero TM - Trinidad to Gibraltar TMF - Trinidad to Gibraltar, Fast TO - Netherlands West Indies to New York TO - Northwest Africa to Aruba or Curacao TO - Trinidad to Curacao TU - U.K. to U.S.A. (Troop) UC - U.K. to New York UCT - U.K. to New York (Troop) UG - U.S. to Mediterranean UGF - U.S. to Mediterranean, Fast UGS - U.S. to Mediterranean, Slow USNR - United States Naval Reserve UT - U.S.A. to U.K. (Troop) VE - Victory in Europe (8 May 1945) VESCA - Vessels and Cargo (Communication System) WAT - Key West to Aruba to Trinidad WESTCOMP - Western Ocean Meeting Point WHX - St. Johns, N.F., joiner to HX WS - U.K. to Middle East to India WSA - War Shipping Administration WSC - Wabana joiner to SC XB - Halifax to Boston ZG - Canal Zone to Guantanamo
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