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Western Naval Task Force

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TF 122 WESTERN NAVAL TASK FORCE

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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): Augusta
1 high-speed minesweeper: Thompson
3 yard minesweepers
1 subchaser: SC-1321
1 motor torpedo boat: PT-71

TF 125 ASSAULT FORCE “U” FOR UTAH BEACH

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Rear Adm. Don P. Moon
USS Bayfield off Utah Beach

Rear Admiral Don P. Moon[a]
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: Bayfield
1 high-speed minesweeper: 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: Auk, Broadbill, Chickadee, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Staff, Swift, Threat, Tide (sunk by mine 7 June)
2 Raven-class minesweepers: Raven, 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: 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: Barnett, 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): Barton, Walke, Laffey, O'Brien, Meredith (sunk by mine 9 June)
2 Gleaves-class destroyers: Jeffers (5 × 5-in. main battery), Glennon (4 × 5-in. main battery)
3 anti-sumbarine trawlers
2 France 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): Nevada
1 monitor (2 × 15-in. main battery): Erebus
2 heavy cruisers: Tuscaloosa, Quincy
1 heavy cruiser: Hawkins
2 light cruisers: Enterprise, Black Prince
1 Netherlands gunboat: Soemba
4 Gleaves-class destroyers: Corry (sunk by shore gunfire 4 June), Herndon, Shubrick, Butler
2 Buckley-class destroyer escorts: Rich (sunk by mine 8 June), Bates
4 high-speed minesweepers: Fitch, Forrest, Hobson, 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

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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: 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 Canada 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: Samuel Chase, Henrico
1 landing ship, infantry: 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: Charles Carroll, Thomas Jefferson
1 landing ship, infantry: 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: Anne Arundel, Dorothea L. Dix, 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: Prince Charles, HMS Prince Baudouin, HMS Prince Leopold, HMS Ben-My-Chree, HMS Princess Maud
1 Netherlands landing ship, infantry: Amsterdam Master Pickering
1 LCT, 2 ML

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Escort Group
Capt. Harry Sanders
3 Gleaves-class destroyers: Frankford, Nelson, Plunkett
1 Benson-class destroyer: Murphy
Also see destroyers under Bombardment Group below
2 V-class destroyers: Vesper, Vidette
3 Buckley-class destroyer escorts: Borum, Amesbury, Blessman
2 France 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: Texas, Arkansas
2 light cruisers: Glasgow, Bellona
2 France light cruisers: Montcalm, Georges Leygues
9 Gleaves-class destroyers: Frankford, McCook, Carmick, Doyle, Emmons, Baldwin, Harding, Satterlee, Thompson
3 Hunt-class destroyers: Tanatside, HMS Talybont, 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”

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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: Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 26 (help)
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.

Notes

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  1. ^ Suicide by gunshot, 5 Aug 1944