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(Redirected from List of ships of Utah Bombardment Group) Bombardment group at Utah Beach on June 6, 1944 ("D-Day")

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. This was in turn part of the Western Naval Task Force, under Admiral Alan G Kirk.

US Navy Force U Bombardment Group
Name Type National service Captain
Nevada Battleship US Navy Captain P. M. Rhea
Erebus Monitor Royal Navy Captain J. S. Colquhoun
Hawkins Heavy cruiser Royal Navy Captain J. W. Josselyn
Quincy Heavy cruiser US Navy Captain E. M. Senn
Tuscaloosa Heavy cruiser US Navy Captain J. B. Waller; flagship of Rear Admiral Morton Deyo
Black Prince Light cruiser Royal Navy Captain D. M. Lees
Enterprise Light cruiser Royal Navy Captain H. T. Grant
Soemba Gunboat Netherlands Lt. Cmdr. H. H. Propper
Butler Destroyer US Navy Cmdr. M. Matthews
Corry Destroyer US Navy Lt. Cmdr. G. Hoffman
Fitch Destroyer US Navy Cmdr. K. Walpole
Forrest Destroyer US Navy Cmdr. Letts
Gherardi Destroyer US Navy Cmdr. M. Curtin
Herndon Destroyer US Navy Cmdr. G. Moore
Hobson Destroyer US Navy Lieutenant K. Loveland
Shubrick Destroyer US Navy Lt. Cmdr. W. Blenman
Bates Destroyer escort US Navy Lt. Cmdr. H. Wilmerding
Rich Destroyer escort US Navy Lt. Cmdr. E. Michel
Hotham Frigate Royal Navy A/Lt.Cdr. Sydney Ayles
Tyler Frigate Royal Navy Lt. Christopher H. Rankin

Citations

  1. Balkoski 2005, pp. 64–65.
  2. Churchill 1951, p. 594.
  3. ^ Balkoski 2005, p. 344.
  4. "Quincy III (CA-71)". Naval History and Heritage Command, US Navy. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. ^ Balkoski 2005, p. 345.
  6. Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Hotham (K 583)". U-boat.net. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  7. Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Tyler (K 576)". U-boat.net. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

Sources

  • Balkoski, Joseph (2005). Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-0144-1.
  • Churchill, Winston (1951) . Closing the Ring. The Second World War. Vol. V. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 396150.
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