{"id":4206,"canonical_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1917ce-may-24--4206","name":"1917 CE, May 24","year":1917,"era":"CE","month":5,"day":24,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1917ce-may-24--4206","iso-date":"1917-05-24","precision":"year-month-day","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first US transatlantic convoy to reach Great Britain departs Hampton Roads, Virginia, on May 24, 1917, marking a critical shift in Allied naval strategy during World War I. This convoy of nine ships, escorted by HMS Roxburgh, was the first to implement the convoy system to protect against German U-boats, ensuring essential, safe transit across the North Atlantic.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","additional_details":"\u003cp\u003eVice Admiral William Sims, former President of the Naval War College and commander of all U.S. naval forces, was a strong supporter of the convoy system and the Royal Navy decided to adopt it. The Hampton Roads convoy, escorted by HMS Roxburgh coupled with the American \"Dazle\" camouflage system contributed to the war effort and lost only one ship to the u-boat attack. The convoy. \u003ca href=\"https://navalwarcollegemuseum.blogspot.com/2015/05/on-this-day-in-history-convoy-system.html\"\u003eMore\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","photo":"","created_at":"2025-05-24T17:45:53-07:00","updated_at":"2026-05-12T21:30:48-07:00","breadcrumbs":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"May History","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/may"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"May 24","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/may-24"}]},"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Thing","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1917ce-may-24--4206#eventK365","name":"1917 CE, May 24","headline":"The first US transatlantic convoy to reach Great Britain departs Hampton Roads, Virginia, on May 24, 1917,... - 1917 CE","description":"The first US transatlantic convoy to reach Great Britain departs Hampton Roads, Virginia, on May 24, 1917, marking a critical shift in Allied naval strategy...","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1917ce-may-24--4206","additionalType":"HistoricalEvent","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2025-05-24T17:45:53-07:00","dateModified":"2026-05-12T21:30:48-07:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#organizationK365"},"temporalCoverage":"1917-05-24","isPartOf":[{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#websiteK365"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/may","name":"What Happened in May History"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/may-24#pageK365","name":"What Happened on May 24"}]}}