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Western Naval Task Force

TF 122 WESTERN NAVAL TASK FORCE

Haval and ground force commanders

Rear Adm. Alan G. Kirk

Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley

Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk
Embarking US First Army (Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley)

Force Flagship Group

1 heavy cruiser (9 × 8-in. main battery): USS Augusta

1 high-speed minesweeper: USS Thompson

3 yard minesweepers

1 subchaser: SC-1321

1 motor torpedo boat: PT-71

TF 125 ASSAULT FORCE “U” FOR UTAH BEACH

Rear Adm. Don P. Moon

USS Bayfield off Utah Beach

Rear Admiral Don P. Moon
Embarking 4th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. R.O. Barton) and units of VII Corps (Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Collins)

Force Flagship Group

1 attack transport: USS Bayfield

1 high-speed minesweeper: USS Forrest

1 motor torpedo boat: PT-199

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Minesweeper Group

Cmdr. M.H. Brown, RN

Sweep Unit 1

8 minesweepers: HMS Shippigan, HMS Tadoussac, HMS Ilfracombe, HMS Beaumaris, HMS Dornock, HMS Parrsbor, HMS Qualicum, HMS Wedgeport

4 minelayers

4 danlayers

Sweep Unit 2

8 minesweepers: HMS Romney, HMS Guysborough, HMS Seaham, HMS Rye, HMS Whitehaven, HMS Poole, HMS Vegreville, HMS Kenova

4 minelayers

4 danlayers

Sweep Unit 3

9 Auk-class minesweepers: USS Auk, USS Broadbill, USS Chickadee, USS Nuthatch, USS Pheasant, USS Staff, USS Swift, USS Threat, USS Tide (sunk by mine 7 June)

2 Raven-class minesweepers: USS Raven, USS Osprey (sunk by mine 5 June)

Sweep Unit 4: 11 yard minesweepers

Sweep Unit 5: 7 yard minesweepers

Sweep Unit 6: 9 motor minesweepers

Sweep Unit 7: 8 LCT, 4 LCG, 4 LCF

Marker unit 8: 3 danlayers

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Assault Groups

Beach Green Assault Group

Cmdr. A.L. Warburton in LCH-530

1 attack transport: USS Joseph T. Dickman

1 landing ship, infantry (LSI): HMS Empire Gauntlet

Landing craft: 15 LST, 69 LCT, 26 LCM, 3 RHF, 1 PC, 2 LCC, 23 LCI, 1 LCH

Beach Red Assault Group

Cmdr. E.W. Wilson, USNR in LCH-10

2 attack transports: USS Barnett, USS Bayfield

Landing craft: 15 LST, 22 LCI, 1 LCH, 83 LCT, 25 LCM, 2 RHF, 1 PC, 2 LCC

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Escort Group

Cmdr. W.W. Outerbridge

5 Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers (6 × 5-in. main battery): USS Barton, USS Walke, USS Laffey, USS O'Brien, USS Meredith (sunk by mine 9 June)

2 Gleaves-class destroyers: USS Jeffers (5 × 5-in. main battery), USS Glennon (4 × 5-in. main battery)

3 anti-sumbarine trawlers

2 corvettes: Aconit, Renoncule

7 PC, 7 SC, 7 minelayers

Support Craft Group

Lt. Cmdr. L.E. Hart, USNR in LCH–209

4 LCG, 13 LCT, 12 LCS, 20 LCP

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Bombardment Group

Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo

1 battleship (10 × 14-in. main battery): USS Nevada

1 monitor (2 × 15-in. main battery): HMS Erebus

2 heavy cruisers: USS Tuscaloosa, USS Quincy

1 heavy cruiser: HMS Hawkins

2 light cruisers: HMS Enterprise, HMS Black Prince

1 gunboat: Soemba

4 Gleaves-class destroyers: USS Corry (sunk by shore gunfire 4 June), USS Herndon, USS Shubrick, USS Butler

2 Buckley-class destroyer escorts: USS Rich (sunk by mine 8 June), USS Bates

4 high-speed minesweepers: USS Fitch, USS Forrest, USS Hobson, USS Gherardi

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Shore Party

Brig. Gen. James E. Wharton, USA

1st Engineer Special Brigade and 2nd Naval Beach Battalion

Service and Repair Group

Naval Combat Demolition Units

Far Shore Service Group

Capt. J.E. Arnold, USNR

SS Thomas B. Robertson, SS ATlas

2 LBK, 1 LCH, 6 RHF, 22 LCM, 36 LBV; 8 LBE; 5 Fueling Trawlers; 20 LBO; 3 LBW; Many Landing Craft And Dukws.

Sea Rescue Group: ten 83-foot US Coast Guard cutters

Follow-up Convoy Group: 25 LST

Motor Torpedo Boats: 13 PT

Causeway Construction Unit:

Seabee Detachment: coasters and barges

TF 124 ASSAULT FORCE “O” FOR OMAHA BEACH

Rear Adm. John L. Hall

Rear Adm. Hall's flagship USS Ancon

Rear Admiral John L. Hall
Embarking Landing Force, Maj. Gen. C.R. Huebner, USA: 16th RCT of 1st Infantry Division; 115th and 116th RCTs of 29th Infantry Division; 2nd and 5th Ranger Battalions; Units of V Corps, Maj. Gen. L.T. Gerow, USA

1 amphibious force flagship: USS Ancon

Minesweeper Group

Cmdr. J.S. Cochrane, RN

Sweep Unit 1

9 minesweepers: HMS Kellerr, HMS Pangbourne, HMS Albury, HMS Sutton, HMS Lydd, HMS Selkirk, HMS Ross, HMS Saltash, HMS Thunder

4 minelayers

3 danlayers

Sweep Unit 2

9 minesweepers: HMCS Caraquet, HMCS Blairmore, HMCS Cowlchan, HMCS Fort Willlam, HMCS Malpeque, HMCS Vegreville, HMCS Minas, HMCS Wasaga, HMCS Mulgrave

4 minelayers

3 danlayers

Sweep Unit 3

10 BYM

Sweep Unit 4

10 motor minesweepers

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Assault Groups

Assault Group O-1 for Beaches Easy Red and Fox Green

2 attack transports: USS Samuel Chase, USS Henrico

1 landing ship, infantry: HMS Empire Anvil

1 LCH, 6 LST, 5 LCI, 53 LCT, 18 LCM, 2 PC, 2 SC, 2 ML, 2 LCC

Assault Group O–2 for Beaches Dog and Easy Green

2 attack transports: USS Charles Carroll, USS Thomas Jefferson

1 landing ship, infantry: HMS Empire Javelin

1 LCH, 6 LST, 17 LCI, 54 LCT, 18 LCM, 4 PC, 4 SC, 2 ML, 3 LCC

Assault Group 0–3 for Beaches Fox Green and Easy Red

3 transports: USS Anne Arundel, USS Dorothea L. Dix, USS Thurston

1 LCH, 12 LST, 11 LCI, 39 LCT, 1 LSB, 1 LSD, 3 PC, 2 ML

Assault Group O–4 for Pte. du Hoc and Dog Green

5 landing ship, infantry: HMS Prince Charles, HMS Prince Baudouin, HMS Prince Leopold, HMS Ben-My-Chree, HMS Princess Maud

1 landing ship, infantry: Amsterdam Master Pickering

1 LCT, 2 ML

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Escort Group

Capt. Harry Sanders

3 Gleaves-class destroyers: USS Frankford, USS Nelson, USS Plunkett

1 Benson-class destroyer: USS Murphy

Also see destroyers under Bombardment Group below

2 V-class destroyers: HMS Vesper, HMS Vidette

3 Buckley-class destroyer escorts: USS Borum, USS Amesbury, USS Blessman

2 frigates: L'Aventure, L’Escarmouche

3 anti-submarine trawlers: HMS Coll, HMS Bressay, HMS Skye

9 PC, 6 SC, 12 ML, 7 MTB, 2 HDML, 6 British steam gunboats

Close Gunfire Support Group

Capt. L.S. Sabin

1 LCH:; 7 LCR; 5 LCG; 9 LCT(R) ; 28 LCP; 9 L(X(A) ; lo LCT(HE) .

Bombardment Group

Rear Admiral C.F. Bryant

2 battleships: USS Texas, USS Arkansas

2 light cruisers: HMS Glasgow, HMS Bellona

2 light cruisers: Montcalm, Georges Leygues

9 Gleaves-class destroyers: USS Frankford, USS McCook, USS Carmick, USS Doyle, USS Emmons, USS Baldwin, USS Harding, USS Satterlee, USS Thompson

3 Hunt-class destroyers: HMS Tanatside, HMS Talybont, HMS Melbreak

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Far Shore Service Group

Capt. Chauncey Camp, USNR

SS Eleazar Wheelock, Repair Ship HMS Adonis; 12 LCM

Ferry Craft: 4 LCI; 4 LCFI; 72 LCT; 20 RHF; 139 LCM; 72 LBV

Service Craft: 9 fueling trawlers; 16 LBE; 20 LBO; 5 LBW; 2 LBK.

Rescue Vessels: 15 83-foot US Coast Guard cutters

Shore Party

Brig. Gen. W.M. Hoge, usA.

Units of 5th & 6th Engineer Special Brigades and units of 6th Naval Beach Battalions, Cdr. E. C. Carusi USNR, and 7th, Cdr. L. C. Leever USNR

TF 126 FOLLOW–UP FORCE “B”

Commodore C. D. Edgar in DE MALOY
Embarking the rest of 1st & 29th Divisions and V Corps & Engineer Special units, Maj. Gen. C. H. Gerhardt usA

Convoy B–I, Capt. J. R. Johannesen in LST–sr 1

18 LST, 46 British LCT (Lt. (adr. A. D. S. Dunne RN)

1 Gleaves-class destroyer: USS Rodman

3 DEs: HMS Brissenden Lt. D. D. E. Vivian RN, HMS Wensley HMS DALE Lt. Cdr. W. P. Goodfellow RNVR;

3 anti-submarine trawlers HMS Cateshean, HMS Olrna, HMS Lindisfarne

2 SC; two U.S. 83-foot Coast Guard cutters.