page_title: CU convoys
hierarchical_section_title: CU convoys
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Type T2-SE-A1 tanker Hat Creek underway at sea on 16 August 1943.
context_page_description: The CU convoys were a World War II series of fast trans-Atlantic convoys to the British Isles. The earliest convoys of the series were tankers sailing directly from petroleum refineries at Curaçao to the United Kingdom. Most convoys of the series assembled in New York City and included fast freighters and troopships, with tankers arriving from Aruba via TAG convoys to Guantánamo Bay and GN convoys from Guantánamo to New York.
context_section_description: The CU convoys were a World War II series of fast trans-Atlantic convoys to the British Isles.  The earliest convoys of the series were tankers sailing directly from petroleum refineries at Curaçao to the United Kingdom. Most convoys of the series assembled in New York City and included fast freighters and troopships, with tankers arriving from Aruba via TAG convoys to Guantánamo Bay and GN convoys from Guantánamo to New York.
caption: CU convoys were designed to protect fast, modern tankers like this mass-produced T2: Hat Creek
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