Captain William V. Pratt, Acting Chief of Naval Operations, to Rear Admiral Albert T. Gleaves, Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force
Op-46 SECRET
2 August 1918
From: The Chief of Naval Operations.
To: Commander Cruiser Force.
SUBJECT: Grouping and sailing of troop convoys.
Reference: (a) Commander Cruiser Force’s tentative schedule
of convoys August 3rd to September 4th.1
1. The Department has recently exchanged with Vice-Admiral Sims2 by dispatch, <re>spective views in regard to the grouping and sailing of troop convoys. Out of these dispatches has grown a clearer understanding of the viewpoint of the European Forces in regard to convoy sailings in relation to destroyer escorts. The following are quotations from dispatches of Vice-Admiral Sims
(a) ---------- In order to avoid delay and congestion in French ports, it is desirable that troop convoys be sailed so as to arrive on the French Coast every 7 or 8 days. In some instances intervals of 10 or 11 days occurs between convoys. It is realized that a delay of a few days in U.S. may increase the size of a convoy but this increased convoy congests French ports and delays the return of some vessels in convoy. Time saved in U.S. is lost on French coast and economical use is not made of destroyers. Experience in handling convoys indicates that a maximum efficiency can be obtained by adhering to an established schedule. An 8-day schedule would permit about 4 days for discharge in French ports and escort sailing westward to meet next convoy should, under normal conditions, take west all of preceding convoy. In addition to regular convoys, fast convoys not exceeding three ships, may be sailed irregularly at intervals of 6 days.3
NOTE:- In regard to the above the Department informed Vice-Admiral Sims that convoys were not held up in the UNITED STATES for the sake of increasing the number of ships in convoy. He was also informed that regular schedules were adhered to as far as practicable.
(b) “--------- It is of the utmost importance in economizing destroyers, that programs of sailing be arranged so as to keep destroyers as much as possible uniformly employed throughout the month. x x x x x x x I have previously pointed out the desirability of sailing large convoys at regular intervals and arranging sailings of small fast groups so that one set of escorts can be used for all fast groups. I recommend that fast groups be sailed at 5 or 6 days interval. By this means adequate escort will be available for all transports, furthermore congestion in French ports will be minimized, there will be less delay in escorting ships to westerly, and more destroyers will be available to meet storeships in HN convoys.------------”4
2. The Department interprets the above to mean that Vice-Admiral Sims desires the so-called regular convoys, that is large convoys of from 12 to 13 knots speed, should arrive on French coast 8 days apart. In view of the fact that the speed of these groups is approximately always the same, this automatically happens when the groups are sailed from this side 8 days apart. The Department further understands that the fast groups of not more than three vessels sail on dates irrespective of the dates of the large groups sailings so that they may also arrive on the French Coast 5 or 6 days apart from each other but without reference to the time of arrival of the large slow groups. The Department concurs in the above plan and desires to follow it insofar as may be practicable. Departure from this plan will be made only for extraordinary reasons, such as for instance, urgent requirements of the Army. In regard to the schedules, reference (a) considered in the light of the above, the following is noted:
(1) The sailings of the slow groups are set at August 6th, 12th, 20th and 31st. In one case a 6-day interval and at another an 11-day interval. Preferably these dates should be set August 6th, 14th, 22nd, and 30th.
(2) The fast group on August 25th is only two days in advance of the fast group on August 27th and when the speeds of these groups are taken into consideration it will be seen that they arrive on the same date. When the destroyer escort to meet these groups is considered, it must be remembered that groups are met at varying distances from the French coast but in general about Long. 17 and this is the point to be considered when the interval of 5 or 6 days is arranged for.
3. In regard to the cases in question, if the “VON STEUBEN” can be ready on 13 August, that vessel and the “AMERICA” can be placed in a fast group to sail on that date. The next fast group should be, if possible, the “AGAMEMNON” and ‘MOUNT VERNON” if the date is advanced 2 or 3 days from that at present assigned. The next group will be the “LEVIATHAN”, “GREAT NORTHERN” and “NORTHERN PACIFIC” postponed for a sufficient length of time to permit them to be 5 or 6 days after the preceding group. It is realized that this arrangement leaves out the “ORIZABA” and “SIBONEY”, “two sisters, which are also fast and should be placed in a fast group. It seems desirable under the circumstances to hold over the “ORIZABA” and “SIBONEY” sufficient length of time to let them arrive 5 or 6 days after the “LEVIATHAN” group. The above is merely one solution and is a very tentative schedule in view of the uncertainty of the dates of the “AGAMEMNMON” and “MOUNT VERNON” and also the dates of return of the “SIBONEY” and “ORIZABA”.
W. V. Pratt
Acting.
Source Note: DTS, DNA, RG 45, Entry 517B. The signature is a stamp. There is a running head at the top of each page that reads: “Op-46/To: Commander Cruiser Force 2 August 1918.”
Footnote 1: The schedule has not been found.
Footnote 2: VAdm. William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters.
Footnote 3: See: Sims to William S. Benson, 5 June 1918.
Footnote 4: See: Sims to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 24 July 1918. “HN” convoys were those originating in New York and sailing for French ports.
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- Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters., 8/22/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Commanding Officers, Sub-Chasers and Destroyers, 8/22/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Captain David W. Todd, Director, Naval Communications, 8/22/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/22/1918
- Bureau of Navigation to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/22/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Captain Charles P. Nelson, Commander, United States Submarine Chaser Base, Corfu, 8/22/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/22/1918
- Ensign Thomas M. Conroy, U.S.N.R.F., Commander, Submarine Chaser 248, to Commander Charles P. Nelson, Commander, Submarine Chasers, Otranto Detachment, 8/22/1918
- Captain Richard H. Leigh, Operations Section, Anti-Submarine Division, Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims. Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Planning Section, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/22/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 8/23/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to United States Destroyer Flotillas, Queenstown, 8/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/23/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/23/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Rear Admiral Augustus F. Fechteler, Commandant, Fifth Naval District, 8/23/1918
- Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/24/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/24/1918
- Department of State to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/24/1918
- Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, Commander, Mine Force, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/24/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, second cable of the day, 8/24/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/24/1918
- British Admiralty to Vice Admiral Sir William Lowther Grant, R.N., Commander-in-Chief, North American and West Indies Station, 8/24/1918
- Chester N. Greenough, Emergency Fleet Corporation, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Ireland, 8/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, 8/24/1918
- Information Bulletin #189, Prepared by Intelligence Section Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces in Europe, 8/24/1918
- Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/25/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/25/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Allied Forces in Europe, 8/25/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/25/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Submarine Chaser Detachments One, Two, and Three, 8/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, Commander, U.S.S. Oklahoma, 8/26/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to the Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commanders, All Bases and Commands in European Waters, 8/26/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, 8/27/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to General Tasker H. Bliss, American Permanent Military Representative, Supreme War Council, 8/27/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, second cable of the day, 8/27/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, General Order, 8/27/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/27/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/27/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/28/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, Patrol Squadrons Based in France, 8/26/1918
- Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/26/1918
- Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/28/1918
- Lieutenant Commander Ronan C. Grady, Commander, Submarine Division Five, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/28/1918
- Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/28/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Flag Officers Operating on the United States East Coast, 8/28/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Commandants of Various Naval Districts, 8/28/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United Stations Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 8/28/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, Confidential Memorandum, 8/28/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché in Rome, 8/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commanding Officers of Submarine Chasers, 8/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/29/1918
- Major General William L. Sibert, Director, Chemical Warfare Service to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/29/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/29/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/29/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations All Navy War Warning, 8/29/1918
- Press Conference of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/29/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Various Naval District Commandants and Naval Overseas Transport Service District Supervisors, 8/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, Patrol Squadrons Based in France, 8/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, 8/30/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/30/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/30/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/30/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/30/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/30/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/30/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/30/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, to First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Eric Geddes, 8/30/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/30/1918
- Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, Commander, Oklahoma, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/30/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 8/31/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/31/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/31/1918
- Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/31/1918
- Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, to Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/31/1918
- Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/31/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/31/1918
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- Post-War: Northern Russia
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