British Isles to join their Iceland supply convoys and enjoy the protection of United States Navy destroyers between the WOMP and the MOMP. After the United States declared war the United States Navy suggested moving the convoy route south to shorten the distance between Newfoundland and the British Isles so one escort group of the Mid-Ocean Escort Force could accompany the convoy the entire distance from WOMP to EOMP. Ships bound to or from Iceland still met or departed their convoys at a more southerly MOMP, sometimes identified as the Iceland ocean meeting point (ICOMP). After convoys started assembling in New York City rather than Halifax Harbour, a Halifax ocean meeting point (HOMP) was established off Halifax for BX convoys of ships from New England and Canadian ports to join or leave the trans-Atlantic convoys. See also Mid-Atlantic Gap References Maritime transport North Atlantic convoys of World War II Battle of the Atlantic