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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): 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

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: 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 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 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

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 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 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 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 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”

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:

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.