A typical convoy left
Seattle for
Vladivostok in
Jan 1944.
It was composed of 46 merchantmen (all 8-10K ton ships); built by
McCormack Ship Yards that were Soviet flagged and Soviet crewed.
- Six of the 46 ships were loaded with ammunitions and small arms.
- Four of the 46 ships were loaded with foodstuffs.
- Two of the 46 ships were loaded by Dodge (presumably with trucks).
- One ship was loaded by Westinghouse (presumably with communications gear).
Others carried:
- 20,000 tons of steel provided by U.S. Steel.
- 3,000 truck chassis, by Ford (the Soviets also assembled U.S. trucks from parts).
- 3,000 truck differentials from Thornton Tandem Co.
- 2,000 tractors by Allis Chalmers Co. (agricultural and military use)
- 1,500 automotive batteries from the Price Battery Corp.
- 1,000 aircraft provided by the North American Aviation Co.
- 612 airplanes from the Douglas Aircraft Co.
- 600 trucks from Mack.
- 500 Allison aircraft engines.
- 500 half-tracks from Minneapolis Moline Co.
- 400 airplanes from Bell Aircraft
- 400 electric motors from Wagner Electric Co.
- 400 truck chassis by GM (see Ford above)
- 310 tons of ball bearings from the Fafnir Company.
- 200 aircraft provided by the U.S. Navy
- 200 aircraft engines by Aeromarine
- 100 tractor-trailer units by GM (trucks)
- 70 aircraft engines by Pratt & Whitney
Further information : "The Unknown World War II in the Northern Pacific", by Alla Paperno