Allied Naval Forces / The Navy in the Southern France Landing

Forces Navales Alliées

Vice Admiral Henry Kent HEWITT

CONTROL FORCE

Vice Admiral Henry Kent HEWITT

-Amphibious Force

-Flagship USS Catoctin, Destroyer USS Plunkett, Minesweepers USS Pheasant, Raven, Auk, Broadbill, Chickadee

SPECIAL OPERATION GROUP

Captain H.C. Johnson

Lieutenant Commander Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., USNR, Captain Henry C. Johnson Lieutenant Commander John D. Bulkeley, USN, August 1944

-Western Diversionary Unit

Captain H.C. JOHNSON

-USS Endicott, 4 minelayers, 8 PT Boats, 12 ASRC

USS endicott, late 1944, operation dragoon — USS Endicott, late 1944 (source: https://www.history.navy.mil/)

-Eastern Diversionary Unit

Lieutenant Commander Douglas FAIRBANKS Jr.

-Gunboats HMS Aphis, Scarab, Stuart Prince, Antwerp, 3 minelayers, 4 PT Boats

TASK FORCE 84 "ALPHA FORCE"

Rear Admiral Frank J. LOWRY

-Force Flagship Group : USCGC Duane, Fighter Director Ship HMS Ulster Queen, LCI-953, PC-1169

-Assault Groups

-Red Beach Assault Group : 46 LCI, 25 LST, 7 LCC, 43 LCT, 11 LCM, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 7 LCS, 4 british AM, 5 PC

-Yellow Beach Assault Group : Attack Transports USS Samuel Chase, USS Henrico, transports USS Anne Arundel, USS Thurston, attack freighters USS Oberon, USS Andromeda, HMS Highway, 6 SC, 4 PC, 3 LCC, 6 LST, 9 LCI, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 17 LCT, 9 LCM, 6 LCS, 4 british AM.

-Gunfire Support Group

Rear Admiral J.M. MANSFIELD RN

-Battleship HMS Ramillies

-Light Cruisers HMS Orion, Aurora, Ajax, Black Prince, USS Quincy, French light cruiser Gloire

-Destroyers USS Livermore, Eberle, Kearny, Ericsson, HMS Terpsichore, Termagant

-Minesweeper Group

-USS Barricade, Prevail, Seer, Dextrous, Pioneer, 6 SC, 10 YMS, 8 british and 6 French AM, 2 LCC, 2 danlayers.

-Salvage and Firefighting group

-Fleet Tug USS Hopi, 1 ATA, British tugs Empire Spitfire, Ampire Ann, 1 boom vessel, 1 ATR, 1 YTB, 1 YTL, 1 FT

TASK FORCE 85 "DELTA FORCE"

Rear Admiral Bertram J. RODGERS

-Force Flagship Group :

-Seaplane Tender USS Biscayne

-Destroyer USS Forrest

-1 Fighter-director tender

-Transport Group

Captain R.A. DIERDORFF

-Transports USS Elizabeth C. Stanton, Lyon, Marine Robin, Santa Rosa, Barnett, Joseph T. Dickman

-Attack Freighters USS Procyon, Arcturus

-British LSP Dilwara, LSI Ascania, LSG Ennerdale (converted tanker carrying LCM)

-Destroyers USS Baldwin, Madison, Carmick

-Destroyer escorts USS Marsh, Haines

-Assault Group

-Red Beach Assault Group : 10 LST, 6 LCI, 7 LCT, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 4 LCS, 2 LCM(R), 2 SC, 2 LCC, 1 LCM

-Green Beach Assault Group : 5 LST, 5 LCI, 7 LCT, 4 LCS, 4 LCM, 2 SC, 1 LCC

-Yellow Beach Assault Group : 2 LST, 2 LCI, 7 LCT, 4 LCS, 4 LCT, 3 LCM, 1 SC, 1 LCC

-Blue Beach Assault Group : 1 LST, 26 LCVP, 16 LCT, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 4 LCS, 3 LCM, 1 PC, 1 LCC, 1 LCI

-Corps and Division Reserve Groups : 5 LST, 20 LCI, 18 LCT, 1 FT

-Gunfire Support Group

Rear Admiral C.F. BRYANT

-Battleships USS Texas, Nevada

-Light Cruiser USS Philadelphia

-French Light Cruiser Montcalm, Georges Leygues

-Destroyers USS Ellyson, Rodman, Emmons, Fitch, Hambleton, Macomb, Hobson

-French Destroyers Fantasque, Terrible, Malin

-Minesweeper Group

-Minesweeper USS Sway, Symbol, HMS Rinaldo, Antares, Arcturus, Brave, Rosario, Spanker

-Danlayers Satsa, Calm

-Salvage and Firefighting Group

-Fleet Tugs USS Narragansett, Pinto, HMS Aspirant, Athlete, Charon, 1 ATA, 2 YTL

TASK FORCE 87 "CAMEL FORCE"

Rear Admiral Spencer S. LEWIS

Rear Admiral Lewis, receives a report from a British communications officer, on board USS ANCON (AGC-4), 9 September 1943

-Force Flagship Group :

-Attack Transport USS Bayfield, British LCH-315

-Assault Group:

-Red Beach Assault Group:

-Attack Transport USS Charles Caroll, Thomas Jefferson

-Transports USS Dorothea L. Dix, Florence Nightingale, General G.O Squier

-Attack Freighters USS Cepheus, Achernar, Betelgeuse

-5 LCI, 3 LST, 21 LCT, 20 LCVP, 9 LCS, 3 LCC, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 2 LCM, 3 SC, 2 PC, 1 LSI, 1 LSD(Br)

-Green Beach Assault Group : 23 LCI, 1 LCH, 14 LST, 21 LCT, 7 LCVP, 7 LCS, 3 LCC, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 2 LCM, 2 PC, 2 SC

-Blue Beach Assault Group : 5 LST, 1 LCI, 3 LCS, 2 LCT, 2 SC, 1 PC

-Escort and Screening Group : Destroyers from Bombardment group, 6 PC, 10 SC, 1 LST, 1 LCF, 1 LSF, 1 LCC, 5 LCS, 5 LCVP, 1 LCT, 2 LCM

-Bombardment Group:

Rear Admiral Morton L. DEYO

-Battleships USS Arkansas

-Heavy Cruiser USS Tascaloosa

-Light Cruiser USS Brooklyn, Marblehead, HMS Argonaut, French cruisers Duguay-Trouin, Emile Bertin

-Destroyers USS Parker, Kendrick, MacKenzie, McLanahan, Nields, Ordronaux, Woolsey, Ludlow, Edison

-Minesweeper Group:

-Minesweeper USS Strive, Steady, Speed, Sustain, 6 YMS, 6 BYMS, 2 Danlayers, 6 British ML, 12 British AM, HMS Product

-Salvage and Firefighting Group:

-Fleet ocean tugs USS Moreno, Arikara, 1 US, 2 british ATA, 1 YTB, 3 LCI, 1 LCT, 4 LCM, 1 boom vessel, 1 YTL

TASK FORCE 86 "SITKA FORCE"

Rear Admiral Lyal A. DAVIDSON

-Gunfire Support Group:

Rear Admiral DAVIDSON

-French Battleship Lorraine

-Heavy Cruiser USS Augusta

-Light Cruiser HMS Dido

-Destroyers USS Somers, USS Gleaves, HMS Lookout, HHMS Themistoklis

-Reserve : Light Cruiser USS Omaha, USS Cincinnati, HMS Sirius

-Transport Group :

Rear Admiral Theodore Edson CHANDLER

-Unit A : Destroyer Transports USS Tattnall, HMS Prince Baudoin, PT-201

-Unit B : Destroyer HMCS Prince Henry, Transports USS Barry, USS Greene, USS Roper, USS Osmond Ingram, 4 PT Boats

-Romeo Unit : HMCS Prince David, HMS Prins Albert, HMS Princess Beatrix, 4 PT Boats

-Screen : 8 PT Boats

-Minesweeper Group :

-HMS Larne, Clinton, Octavia, Stormcloud, Welfare, 4 Minelayers, Danlayer HMS Kintyre

TASK FORCE 88 "AIRCRAFT CARRIER FORCE

Rear Admiral Thomas Hope TROUBRIDGE RN

TG 88.1

Rear Admiral T.H. TROUBRIDGE RN

-HMS Khedive, 899 Naval Air Squadron, Supermarine Seafire

-HMS Emperor, 800 Naval Squadron, Grumman Hellcat

-HMS Searcher, 882 Naval Air Squadron, Grumman Wildcat

-HMS Pursuer, 881 Naval Air Squadron, Wildcat

-HMS Attacker, 979 Naval Air Squadron, Supermarine Seafire

-AntiAircraft Light Cruisers, HMS Royalist, HMS Delhi

-Destroyers HMS Troubridge, Tuscan, Tyrian, Teazer, Tumult, Wheatland, HHMS Navarinon

TG 88.2

Rear Admiral Calvin T. DURGIN, USN

-USS Tulagi, VOF-O1, F6F Hellcat

-USS Kasaan Bay, VF-74, F6F Hellcat

-HMS Hunter, 807 Naval Air Squadron, Supermarine Seafire

-HMS Stalker, 809 Naval Air Squadron, Supermarine Seafire

-AntiAircraft light cruisers HMS Colombo, HMS Caledon

-Destroyers USS Butler, Gherardi, Herndon, Murphy, Jeffers, Shubrick, 6 British ML

TG 80.6 ANTISUBMARINE AND CONVOY CONTROL GROUP

Captain J.P. CLAY

-Destroyers USS Jouett, Benson, Niblack, Madison, Hilary P. Jones, Charles F. Hugues, Franckford, Carmick, Doyle, McCook, Baldwin, Harding, Satterlee, Thompson, HMS Aldenham, Beatrice