List of ships in Utah Bombardment Group

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Below is a list of ships responsible for bombarding targets at Utah Beach as part of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, the opening day of Operation Overlord. This force, code-named "Bombardment Group A", and commanded by Rear Admiral Morton Deyo, was a group of eighteen warships assigned to support the amphibious landings on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944 ("D-Day"); this was 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]

US Navy Force U Bombardment Group
NameTypeNational serviceCaptain
Nevada BattleshipUS NavyCaptain P. M. Rhea [3]
Erebus MonitorRoyal NavyCaptain J. S. Colquhoun [3]
Hawkins Heavy cruiserRoyal NavyCaptain J. W. Josselyn [3]
Quincy Heavy cruiserUS NavyCaptain E. M. Senn [4]
Tuscaloosa Heavy cruiserUS NavyCaptain J. B. Waller; flagship of Rear Admiral Morton Deyo [3]
Black Prince Light cruiserRoyal NavyCaptain D. M. Lees [3]
Enterprise Light cruiserRoyal NavyCaptain H. T. Grant [3]
Soemba GunboatNetherlandsLt. Cmdr. H. H. Propper [3]
Butler DestroyerUS NavyCmdr. M. Matthews [5]
Corry DestroyerUS NavyLt. Cmdr. G. Hoffman [3]
Fitch DestroyerUS NavyCmdr. K. Walpole [3]
Forrest DestroyerUS NavyCmdr. Letts [3]
Gherardi DestroyerUS NavyCmdr. M. Curtin [5]
Herndon DestroyerUS NavyCmdr. G. Moore [3]
Hobson DestroyerUS NavyLieutenant K. Loveland [3]
Shubrick DestroyerUS NavyLt. Cmdr. W. Blenman [3]
Bates Destroyer escortUS NavyLt. Cmdr. H. Wilmerding [5]
Rich Destroyer escortUS NavyLt. Cmdr. E. Michel [5]
Hotham FrigateRoyal NavyA/Lt.Cdr. Sydney Ayles [6]
Tyler FrigateRoyal NavyLt. Christopher H. Rankin [7]

Citations

  1. ↑ Balkoski 2005, pp. 64–65.
  2. ↑ Churchill 1951, p. 594.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Balkoski 2005, p. 344.
  4. ↑ "Quincy III (CA-71)". Naval History and Heritage Command, US Navy. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Balkoski 2005, p. 345.
  6. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Hotham (K 583)". U-boat.net. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Tyler (K 576)". U-boat.net. Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

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