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FBM

'FBM' was the designation of Allied military convoys (together with a numerical suffix) of ships returning empty from 'Overlord' from the Seine Bay to Falmouth or the Bristol Channel, and as such reciprocals of the 'EBM' series (June 1944).

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FBM.2 of 13 June comprised the 7,176-ton US 'Liberty' ships Jesse Applegate and Stanton H. King, and FBM.4 of 12/14 June comprised the 7,176-ton US David Star Jordan, 7,176-ton US Edward W. Scripps, 7,165-ton US Elihu Root, 7,177-ton British Empire Broadsword, 2,852-ton British Empire Sedge, 7,176-ton US Florence Crittendon, 7,176-ton US G. W. Goethals, 7,177-ton US George E. Badger, 7,198-ton US George G. Crawford, 7,176-ton US J. D. Ross, 7,176-ton US James B. Weaver, 7,240-ton US James L. Ackerson, 7,176-ton US John Hay, 1,926-ton British Josewyn, 7,176-ton Josiah Nelson Cushing, 2,820-ton British Kyloe, 7,176-ton US Louis Kossuth, 7,200-ton US Pearl Harbor, 7,176-ton US Robert L. Vann, 7,180-ton US Stephen B. Elkins, 7,176-ton US Thomas Scott, 7,244-ton US William N. Pendleton, 7,191-ton US William Tilghman, and 2,776-ton Dutch Zeeland.

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