• Source: List of Allied warships in the Normandy landings

This is a list of warships which took part in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.




Battleships


Seven battleships took part: four British and three US:

USS Arkansas, eastern Omaha Beach (Wyoming class, 26,100 tons, main armament: twelve 12" guns) primarily in support of the US 29th Infantry Division.
USS Nevada, Utah Beach (Nevada class, 29,000 tons, main armament: ten 14" guns).
HMS Ramillies (1915, Revenge class, 33,500 tons, main armament: eight 15-inch guns).
HMS Rodney (1925, Nelson-class, 38,000 tons, main armament: nine 16-inch guns).
USS Texas, western Omaha Beach (New York class, 27,000 tons, main armament: ten 14-inch guns, Flagship of Rear Admiral Carleton F. Bryant) primarily in support of the US 1st Infantry Division.
HMS Warspite (1913, Queen Elizabeth class, 35,000 tons, main armament eight 15-inch guns, only six operational).
In addition HMS Nelson (Nelson class main armament: nine 16-inch guns) was held in reserve until June 10.




Heavy cruisers


Five heavy cruisers (main guns of 8 inches) took part, three from the United States and two from Britain, HMS Hawkins had her original armament of seven 7.5-inch guns while HMS Frobisher's main gun armament had been reduced from seven to five single-mounted 7.5-inch guns.

USS Augusta (Flagship of Rear Admiral Alan Kirk – Lt. General Omar Bradley embarked)
HMS Frobisher
HMS Hawkins
USS Quincy
USS Tuscaloosa




Light cruisers


17 British light cruisers took part along with two of the Free French navy, and one of the Polish navy. All carried either 6- or 5.25-inch guns of varying numbers.




Destroyers and escorts


139 ships (eighty-five British and Dominion, 40 US, 10 Free French and 7 other Allied):

Frigate La Surprise ( Free French )
Frigate L'Escarmouche ( Free French )
Frigate La Découverte ( Free French )
Frigate L'Aventure ( Free French )
Corvette Aconit ( Free French )
Corvette La Renoncule ( Free French )
Corvette La Roselys ( Free French )
Corvette d'Estienne d'Orves ( Free French )
Submarine-hunter Benodet ( Free French )




Monitors


HMS Erebus, monitor with two 15-inch guns
HMS Roberts, monitor with two 15-inch guns




Troop transports


USS Joseph T. Dickman, attack transport
USS Samuel Chase, attack transport operated by the US Coast Guard
USS Charles Carroll, attack transport
USS Bayfield, attack transport
USS Henrico, attack transport




Other warships


508 ships (352 British, 154 US and 2 other Allied):

HMS Lark (U11) Modified Black Swan class Sloop - Convoy escort from Thames Estuary Spithead onward to Eastern Task Force Area / Beachhead Convoy ETP1
HMS Bulolo, Landing Ship Headquarters (LSH) for Gold Beach carrying tri-service commanders and staff
HMS Centurion, old battleship sunk as a blockship to form part of "Gooseberry" breakwater of the Mulberry harbour on Sword beach
Courbet, Free Naval French Forces, former battleship, sunk as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater on Sword beach
Forbin, Free Naval French Forces, patrol boat, sunk as a artificial dike in "Arromanches"on Gold Beach
HMCS Cowichan, Canadian minesweeper
HMS Dacres, Captain class frigate converted to act as a headquarters ship
HMS Durban (light cruiser used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater)
HNLMS Flores, Dutch gunboat
HMS Hilary, H.Q. ship for Juno Beach carrying tri-service commanders and staff
HMS Kingsmill, Captain class frigate converted to act as a headquarters ship
HMS Largs, H.Q. ship for Sword Beach carrying tri-service commanders and staff
HNLMS Soemba, Dutch gunboat
HMS Lawford, Captain class frigate converted to act as a headquarters ship (bombed and sunk)
HNoMS Nordkapp, Norwegian patrol boat
HNLMS Sumatra (Dutch, decommissioned due to crew shortages and losing her guns to HNLMS Flores and Soemba, used as blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater)
The British 9th and 159th minesweeping flotillas and U.S. 7th Minesweeping Squadron provided minesweeping protection.
A distant anti-submarine screen to the operation was provided by HMS Onslow, Offa, Onslaught, Oribi, Melbreak and Brissenden. Additional protection from E-boats was provided by Motor Gun Boat flotillas.

SS Katowice




Support


HMS Boxer - fighter direction ship
HMS Bruiser - fighter direction ship




See also


List of Allied vessels involved in Operation Neptune
List of ships of Force U Bombardment Group




Notes and references

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of Allied warships in the Normandy landings
• USS Texas (BB-35)
• List of Allied vessels involved in Operation Neptune
• Allied invasion of Sicily
• Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
• Military history of the United States during World War II
• Amphibious warfare
• HMS Lawford (K514)
• Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy
• List of ships in Utah Bombardment Group