List of ships of Force U Bombardment Group
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Force U Bombardment Group, commanded by Rear Admiral Morton Deyo, was a group of eighteen warships assigned to bombard Utah Beach as part of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, the opening day of Operation Overlord, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II.
It was part of US Navy Force U, which consisted of 865 ships under Rear Admiral Don P. Moon.[1] This was in turn part of the Western Naval Task Force, under Admiral Alan G Kirk.[2]
Name | Type | Nationality | Captain |
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Nevada | Battleship | US Navy | Captain P. M. Rhea[3] |
Erebus | Monitor | Royal Navy | Captain J. S. Colquhoun[3] |
Hawkins | Heavy cruiser | Royal Navy | Captain J. W. Josselyn[3] |
Tuscaloosa | Heavy cruiser | US Navy | Captain J. B. Waller; flagship of Rear Admiral Morton Deyo[3] |
Black Prince | Light cruiser | Royal Navy | Captain D. M. Lees[3] |
Enterprise | Light cruiser | Royal Navy | Captain H. T. Grant[3] |
Soemba | Gunboat | Netherlands | Lt. Cmdr. H. H. Propper[3] |
Butler | Destroyer | US Navy | Cmdr. M. Matthews[4] |
Corry | Destroyer | US Navy | Lt. Cmdr. G. Hoffman[3] |
Fitch | Destroyer | US Navy | Cmdr. K. Walpole[3] |
Forrest | Destroyer | US Navy | Cmdr. Letts[3] |
Gherardi | Destroyer | US Navy | Cmdr. M. Curtin[4] |
Herndon | Destroyer | US Navy | Cmdr. G. Moore[3] |
Hobson | Destroyer | US Navy | Lieutenant K. Loveland[3] |
Shubrick | Destroyer | US Navy | Lt. Cmdr. W. Blenman[3] |
Bates | Destroyer escort | US Navy | Lt. Cmdr. H. Wilmerding[4] |
Rich | Destroyer escort | US Navy | Lt. Cmdr. E. Michel[4] |
Hotham | Frigate | Royal Navy | A/Lt.Cdr. Sydney Ayles[5] |
Tyler | Frigate | Royal Navy | Lt. Christopher H. Rankin[6] |
Citations
- ↑ Balkoski 2005, pp. 64–65.
- ↑ Churchill 1951, p. 594.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Balkoski 2005, p. 344.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Balkoski 2005, p. 345.
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