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Convoy ON-67 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the second World War. It was the 67th of the numbered series of ON convoys Outbound from the British Isles to North America. The ships departed from Liverpool on 14 February 1942〔Hague (2000) p. 157,〕 with convoy rescue ship ''Toward'', and were escorted to the Mid-Ocean Meeting Point by escort group B4.〔Rohwer & Hummelchen (1992) p. 114〕 ==The Escort Group== On 19 February the US task unit 4.1.5 assumed escort responsibility with s and , s and and the Canadian Flower class corvette .〔Abbazia (September 1975) p. 50〕 ''Edison''s commanding officer, Commander Albert C. Murdaugh, USN, was the senior officer of the escort group.〔 The escort group had never operated together before.〔Murdaugh (January 1976) p. 75〕 ''Bernadou'' had been modified for long range escort work by replacing the fourth boiler and stack with an extra fuel tank.〔Joslin (February 1976) p. 80〕 ''Toward'' carried a High-frequency direction finding (HF/DF) set, and ''Nicholson'' had the only functional radar.〔Abbazia (September 1975) p. 50〕 ''Lea'' carried a British ASV aircraft radar with fixed antennae, but the coaxial cable to the antennae was repeatedly shorted by salt water spray.〔Hagerman (February 1976) p. 80〕 ''Edison'' had no depth charge throwers, and was limited to a linear pattern rolled off the stern.〔Murdaugh (January 1976) p. 74〕 The American ships did not have enough binoculars. ''Bernadou'' had a 7x50 pair for the officer of the deck and a 6x30 pair for the junior officer of the deck but there were none for the lookouts.〔Joslin (February 1976) pp. 79–80〕
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