sentences:  In October 1944, "John B. Lennon" joined Convoy UGS 57, sailing from Hampton Roads to Port Said in Egypt.She then transited the Suez Canal and sailed independently through the Red Sea to Aden, then up the Persian Gulf to spend some time at Khorramshahr, Iran.After several weeks she left the Persian Gulf to sail down the eastern coast of Africa, spending Christmas and the New Year at Tanga in Tanganyika, then sailing via Cape Town and Trinidad back to New York City, arriving there on 21 February 1945.