List of ships and craft of Task Force O

Task Force O was the naval component responsible for landing troops at Omaha Beach during the Normandy Landings, June 6, 1944. Bombarding Force C, also part of Task Force O was the group responsible for supporting gunfire to the landings. Unless otherwise noted, all ships belonged to the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard.

Assault Group O1

• APA/LSI(L) Unit
  • APA 26 USS Samuel Chase
    • LCVP x26
  • APA 45 USS Henrico
    • LCVP x26
  • SS Empire Anvil – British LSI(L)
    • LCA x18
• LST Unit
  • LST 309
  • LST 314
  • LST 357
  • LST 373
  • LST 374
  • LST 376
• Landing Craft
  • LCI(L) x5
  • LCM x18
  • LCT x53
• Others
  • LCC 10
  • LCC 20

Assault Group O2

• APA/LSI(L) Unit
  • APA 28 USS Charles Carroll
    • LCVP x26
  • APA 30 USS Thomas Jefferson
    • LCVP x26
  • SS Empire Javelin – Royal Navy LSI(L), carrying 1st Battalion 116th Infantry regiment
    • LCA x18 (551st Flotilla)
• LST Unit
  • LST 310
  • LST 315
  • LST 316
  • LST 317
  • LST 332
  • LST 372
• Landing Craft
  • LCI(L) x17
  • LCM x18
  • LCT x54
• Others
  • LCC 30
  • LCC 40
  • LCC 50

Assault Group O3

• AP Unit
  • AP 67 USS Dorothea L. Dix
    • LCVP x26
  • AP 76 USS Anne Arundel
    • LCVP x26
  • AP 77 USS Thurston
    • LCVP x26
• LST Unit
  • LST 6
  • LST 51
  • LST 75
  • LST 133
  • LST 134
  • LST 157
  • LST 285
  • LST 286
  • LST 347
  • LST 350
  • LST 375
  • LST 502
• Landing Craft
  • LCI(L) x11
  • LCT x39
• Others
  • HMS Oceanway – Royal Navy dock landing ship

Assault Group O4

• LSI(S) Unit – Royal Navy
  • SS Prince Baudoin LSI(S)
    • LCA x8 (507th Assault Flotilla)
  • SS Prince Charles LSI(S)
    • LCA x8
  • SS Prince Leopold, a LSI(S)
    • LCA x8
• LSI(H) Unit – Royal Navy
  • SS Amsterdam
    • LCA x8
  • SS Ben My Cree, a LSI(H), HQ 514th Assault Flotilla
    • LCA x8
  • SS Princess Maud, a LSI(H)
    • LCA x8

Support Group

• Landing Craft Flak (LCF) x7 -
• Landing Craft Gun (Large) x5
• LCP(L) Smoke x28
• LCT (Armoured) ^[a] x8
• LCT (High Explosive) x10
• LCT (Rocket) x9

Patrol craft

• PC 552
• PC 553
• PC 564
• PC 565
• PC 568
• PC 576
• PC 617
• PC 618

Anti-submarine trawlers

• HMS Bressay – Royal Navy
• HMS Coll – Royal Navy
• HMS Sky – Royal Navy

Minesweeper Group

• Sweep Unit 1 (4th Minesweeper Flotilla) – Royal Navy
  • HMS Albury
  • HMS Elgin
  • HMS Kellett
  • HMS Lydd
  • HMS Pangbourne
  • HMS Ross
  • HMS Saltash
  • HMS Selkirk
  • HMS Sutton
• Sweep Unit 2 (31st Minesweeper Flotilla) – Royal Canadian Navy
  • HMCS Blairmore
  • HMCS Caraquet
  • HMCS Cowichan
  • HMCS Fort William
  • HMCS Malpeque
  • HMCS Milltown
  • HMCS Minas
  • HMCS Mulgrave
  • HMCS Wasaga
• Sweep Unit 3 (167th Minesweeper Flotilla) – Royal Navy (BYMS-class minesweepers)
  • BYMS 2050
  • BYMS 2061
  • BYMS 2069
  • BYMS 2154
  • BYMS 2155
  • BYMS 2156
  • BYMS 2182
  • BYMS 2210
  • BYMS 2255
  • BYMS 2256
• Sweep Unit 4 (104th Minesweeper Flotilla) – Royal Navy
  • MMS 31
  • MMS 37
  • MMS 74
  • MMS 75
  • MMS 84
  • MMS 86
  • MMS 260
  • MMS 279
  • MMS 280
  • MMS 305
• Attached Motor Launches and Harbour Defence Motor Launches– Royal Navy
  • ML 118
  • ML 153
  • ML 163
  • ML 187
  • ML 189
  • ML 194
  • ML 214
  • ML 230
  • ML 448
  • ML 907
  • HDML 1383
  • HDML 1387

Abbreviations

• AP/APA – Attack Transport
• BYMS – British Yard Mine Sweeper
• HDML – Harbour Defence Motor Launch
• LCA – Landing Craft Assault, carried about 36 troops
• LCC – Landing Craft Control
• LCI(L) – Landing Craft Infantry (Large)
• LCF – Landing Craft Flak, a landing craft fitted with anti-aircraft guns
• LCM – Landing Craft Mechanized
• LCT – Landing Craft Tank
• LCT (Armored) – Landing Craft Tank (Armored) (see Landing craft tank#Conversions and modifications)
• LCT (High Explosive) – Landing Craft Tank (High Explosive) – landing craft carrying self-propelled guns (see Landing craft tank#Conversions and modifications)
• LCVP – Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel
• LSD – Landing Ship Dock
• LSI(H) – Landing Ship Infantry (Hand-Hoist), the davits were manually operated winches
• LSI(L) – Landing Ship Infantry (Large),
• LSI(S) – Landing Ship Infantry (Small)
• LST – Landing Ship Tank
• MMS – Motor Minesweeper

Notes

1. An LCT with added protection. These were British vessels on loan to US

References

• Badsey, Stephen; Bean, Tim (2004). Omaha Beach. Sutton Publishing. pp. 48–49 & 54. ISBN   0-7509-3017-9.

Further reading

• US Navy, ONI 226, Allied Landing Craft and Ships, April 1944