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All ships of this division entered New York harbor on 9 May 1944 and returned to Norfolk the next day with the New York section of Convoy UGS-42, bound for [[North Africa]]. This 108-ship convoy sortied from [[Hampton Roads]] on 13 May and reached [[Bizerte]], [[Tunisia]], on 1 June. She returned to New York with another convoy on 29 June and got underway from that port on 10 July for refresher training in Casco Bay. Between 24 July and 7 September, she made a second voyage, escorting UGS-49, from Norfolk to Bizerte and back to New York.
All ships of this division entered New York harbor on 9 May 1944 and returned to Norfolk the next day with the New York section of Convoy UGS-42, bound for [[North Africa]]. This 108-ship convoy sortied from [[Hampton Roads]] on 13 May and reached [[Bizerte]], [[Tunisia]], on 1 June. She returned to New York with another convoy on 29 June and got underway from that port on 10 July for refresher training in Casco Bay. Between 24 July and 7 September, she made a second voyage, escorting UGS-49, from Norfolk to Bizerte and back to New York.
After completing voyage repairs in the [[New York Navy Yard]] and battle practices at Casco Bay, ''Wingfield'' cleared New York on 14 October 1944 for the first of five escort voyages to ports in [[Great Britain]]. She returned to New York from [[Plymouth]], [[England]], on 9 November. ''Wingfield'' again sailed from New York to Plymouth and back between 2 December 1944 and 1 January 1945. She made a run from New York to [[Cardiff Docks|Roath Docks]], [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]], and back between 18 January and 18 February; one from Boston to Roath Docks and back to New York between 8 March and 4 April; and one from New York to [[Southampton]], England, and back between 24 April and 23 May 1945. She was at Southampton on "[[Victory in Europe Day|V-E Day]]" and enjoyed the honor of escorting the first peacetime convoy from England to New York.
After completing voyage repairs in the [[New York Navy Yard]] and battle practices at Casco Bay, ''Wingfield'' cleared New York on 14 October 1944 for the first of five escort voyages to ports in [[Great Britain]]. She returned to New York from [[Plymouth]], [[England]], on 9 November. ''Wingfield'' again sailed from New York to Plymouth and back between 2 December 1944 and 1 January 1945. She made a run from New York to [[Roath]] Docks, [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]], and back between 18 January and 18 February; one from Boston to Roath Docks and back to New York between 8 March and 4 April; and one from New York to [[Southampton]], England, and back between 24 April and 23 May 1945. She was at Southampton on "[[Victory in Europe Day|V-E Day]]" and enjoyed the honor of escorting the first peacetime convoy from England to New York.
Despite the presence of aggressive "[[Wolfpack (naval tactic)|wolfpack]]s" of [[U-boat]]s during the later days of the war, not one ship escorted by ''Wingfield'' was damaged by an enemy submarine. During her service in the North Atlantic, this ship rendered medical aid to merchant vessels in convoy on more than 100 occasions.
Despite the presence of aggressive "[[Wolfpack (naval tactic)|wolfpack]]s" of [[U-boat]]s during the later days of the war, not one ship escorted by ''Wingfield'' was damaged by an enemy submarine. During her service in the North Atlantic, this ship rendered medical aid to merchant vessels in convoy on more than 100 occasions.