| Conflict: | Convoy TAG.5 |
| Partof: | World War II |
| Date: | 12–16 September 1942 |
| Place: | Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea |
| Combatant1: | Germany |
| Combatant2: |  Canada Netherlands Norway Panama United Kingdom United States |
| Commander1: | Admiral Karl Dönitz Kapitänleutnant Günther Krech |
| Strength1: | 1 U-boat |
| Strength2: | 17 merchant ships 1 destroyer 2 corvettes 2 submarine chasers 2 minesweepers |
| Casualties2: | 2 ships sunk 1 damaged, and then total loss |
Convoy TAG 5 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the second World War. It was the 5th of the numbered TAG Convoys from Trinidad and Aruba to Guantánamo.[1] The convoy was found on 13 September 1942 by . Kapitänleutnant Günther Krech (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross) destroyed three ships from the convoy in two approaches aboard U-558.[2]
| Name[3] | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alar (1939) | | 9,430 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Altair (1920) | | 6,933 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Beaconoil (1919) | 6,893 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base; probably this convoy | |
| Cottica (1927) | | 3,989 | |
| Empire Kangaroo (1919) | 6,219 | ||
| Empire Lugard (1941) | 7,241 | Sunk by [4] | |
| Examiner (1942) | | 6,736 | |
| Gulftide (1937) | | 7,140 | |
| Escort 12 Sep – 14 Sep | |||
| Henry D Whiton (1921) | | 4,548 | |
| Hoegh Silverdawn (1940) | | 7,715 | |
| Leonatus (1938) | | 2,242 | |
| Macabi (1921) | | 2,802 | |
| Peter Hurll (1930) | | 10,871 | |
| Saintonge (1936) | 9,386 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| Suriname (1930) | | 7,915 | Sunk by [5] |
| USS PC-481 | Escort 12 Sep – 16 Sep | ||
| USS PC-574 | Escort 12 Sep – 16 Sep | ||
| USS Spry | Escort 12 Sep – 16 Sep | ||
| Escort 12 Sep – 16 Sep | |||
| USS YMS-24 | Escort 13 Sep – 16 Sep | ||
| USS YMS-56 | Escort 13 Sep – 16 Sep | ||
| Vilja (1928) | | 6,672 | Torpedoed by [6] and abandoned, but reboarded and safely arrived in Trinidad damaged. Later declared a total loss. |
| West Kyska (1918) | | 5,552 | Did not sail |