Operation Details

ARM

'ARM' was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical and sometimes a literal suffix) plying local routes in the Mediterranean, most generally between the south of France and Oran in North Africa, in the aftermath of 'Dragoon' (i) (October 1944).

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An early example of the series was ARM.3 of 28/31 August 1944 with a large number of 'Victory' ships such as the 7,176-ton US Asa Gray, 7,176-ton US Benjamin H. Latrobe, 7,191-ton US Bernard N. Baker, 7,177-ton US Betty Zane, 7,176-ton US Felix Grundy, 7,177-ton US Francis Marion, 7,176-ton US John Milledge, 7,176-ton US Joseph S. Emery, 7,177-ton US Marshall Elliott, 7,176-ton US Paine Wingate, 7,191-ton Norwegian Roald Amundsen, 7,244-ton US Robert T. Hill, 7,176-ton US Sarah Orne Jewett, 7,176-ton US Simon Willard, 7,176-ton US Theodore Foster, 7,176-ton Theodoric Bland, 7,187-ton US Thomas Hart Benson, 7,177-ton US Thomas Sumter, 7,191-ton US Tristram Dalton, and 7,176-ton US Washington Irving.

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The last of the series was ARM.13A of 19/21 October 1944 with an unknown number of vessels.

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