List of ships in Utah Bombardment Group

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.^[1] This was in turn part of the Western Naval Task Force, under Admiral Alan G Kirk.^[2]

US Navy Force U Bombardment Group

Name	Type	National service	Captain
Nevada	Battleship	US Navy	Captain P. M. Rhea[3]
Erebus	Monitor	Royal Navy	Captain J. S. Colquhoun[3]
Hawkins	Heavy cruiser	Royal Navy	Captain J. W. Josselyn[3]
Quincy	Heavy cruiser	US Navy	Captain E. M. Senn[4]
Tuscaloosa	Heavy cruiser	US Navy	Captain J. B. Waller; flagship of Rear Admiral Morton Deyo[3]
Black Prince	Light cruiser	Royal Navy	Captain D. M. Lees[3]
Enterprise	Light cruiser	Royal Navy	Captain H. T. Grant[3]
Soemba	Gunboat	Netherlands	Lt. Cmdr. H. H. Propper[3]
Butler	Destroyer	US Navy	Cmdr. M. Matthews[5]
Corry	Destroyer	US Navy	Lt. Cmdr. G. Hoffman[3]
Fitch	Destroyer	US Navy	Cmdr. K. Walpole[3]
Forrest	Destroyer	US Navy	Cmdr. Letts[3]
Gherardi	Destroyer	US Navy	Cmdr. M. Curtin[5]
Herndon	Destroyer	US Navy	Cmdr. G. Moore[3]
Hobson	Destroyer	US Navy	Lieutenant K. Loveland[3]
Shubrick	Destroyer	US Navy	Lt. Cmdr. W. Blenman[3]
Bates	Destroyer escort	US Navy	Lt. Cmdr. H. Wilmerding[5]
Rich	Destroyer escort	US Navy	Lt. Cmdr. E. Michel[5]
Hotham	Frigate	Royal Navy	A/Lt.Cdr. Sydney Ayles[6]
Tyler	Frigate	Royal Navy	Lt. Christopher H. Rankin[7]