D-day order of battle

[Bart150]

Can anyone advise me where to find the naval order of battle for D-day? I know my father was there, but I need to find out what his ship was doing, and in which part of the battle?
Bart

[jacobtowne]

Originally Posted by Bart150

Can anyone advise me where to find the naval order of battle for D-day? I know my father was there, but I need to find out what his ship was doing, and in which part of the battle?
Bart

As far as I know, every American amphibious assault had a "D" Day.

If you are referring to the Normandy invasion, I'm sure someone will come along with help.

Welcome to the forums, by the way.

JT

[4th wilts]

the naval part of ovelord was operation neptune commanded by bertram ramsay.yours very sincerely,lee.

[Gotthard Heinrici]

And the Supreme Commander of all Allied forces was the US General Dwight D Eisenhower

[4th wilts]

the western ,american,task force was commanded by admiral ryder,i think.yours very sincerely,lee.

[Gotthard Heinrici]

The Eastern Task Force was commanded by REar Admiral Philip Vian and the WesternTask Force was commanded by Admiral Alan Kirk

[4th wilts]

i know h.m.s warspite and h.m.s belfast were shelling coastal defences.yours very sincerely,lee.

[von Poop]

Welcome Bart,

Can we assume you know the name of your father's ship or not?
There do seem to be a few Naval orders of battle out there, might be worth checking out member Patelie's excellent website as a good starting point though:
This page on Neptune itself:
D-Day : Normandie 1944 - L'Assaut

Using 'Operation Neptune naval/navy OOB' or 'Operation neptune naval/navy Order of Battle' as a search term turns up a fair few sites but a ship's name would really help.

Good luck,
Adam.

[Slipdigit]

I have a map of the Naval Fire Plan for Normandy at home. I will upload it when I get there.

[Slipdigit]

Found this on the nameless webpage "W"

Allied warships
Battleships
Six battleships took part: three British and three US:
· USS Arkansas
· HMS Nelson
· USS Nevada
· HMS Ramillies
· USS Texas (Flagship of Rear Admiral C.F. Bryant)
· HMS Warspite
Cruisers
Twenty-five cruisers (19 British and Commonwealth, 3 US, 2 Free French, 1 Polish and 1 Dutch), including:
· HMS Ajax
· HMS Arethusa,
· HMS Argonaut
· USS Augusta (Flagship of Rear Admiral Kirk - Lt. General Omar Bradley embarked)
· HMS Belfast (Flagship of Rear Admiral Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton)
· HMS Capetown
· HMS Ceres (Flagship of U.S. Service Force)
· HMS Danae
· HMS Diadem
· HMS Durban (used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater)
· ORP Dragon (Polish, damaged in July and then used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater)
· HMS Emerald
· HMS Enterprise
· HMS Frobisher
· Georges Leygues (Free French)
· HMS Glasgow
· HMS Mauritius (Flagship of Rear Admiral Patterson)
· Montcalm (Free French, Flagship of Rear Admiral Jaujard)
· HMS Orion
· USS Quincy
· HMS Scylla (Admiral Vian's flagship, mined and seriously damaged, out of action until after the war)
· HNMLS Sumatra (Dutch, decommissioned due to crew shortages and losing her guns to HNMLS Flores and Soemba, used as blockship in"Gooseberry" breakwater)
· USS Tuscaloosa
Destroyers and escorts
135 ships (eighty-five British and Dominion, 39 US, 7 Free French and 7 other Allied):
· HMCS Algonquin (Canadian)
· USS Amesbury
· USS Baldwin
· USS Barton
· HMS Bleasdale
· HMS Boadicea (torpedoed and sunk 13 June)
· USS Carmick
· HMS Cattistock
· HMS Cottesmore
· USS Doyle
· HMS Eglinton
· HMS Faulknor
· USS Frankford
· HMS Fury (mined 21 June and not repaired)
· HMS Glaisdale
· HMS Grenville
· USS Harding
· USS Hobson
· HMS Jervis
· HMS Kelvin
· HMS Kempenfelt
· HMCS Kitchener (Canadian)
· ORP Krakowiak, (Polish, former HMS Silverton)
· La Combattante (Free French, former HMS Haldon)
· USS Laffey
· USS McCook
· HMS Melbreak
· HMS Middleton
· USS Murphy
· USS O'Brien
· HMS Pytchley
· USS Satterlee
· HMS Saumarez
· HMS Scorpion
· HMS Scourge
· HMS Serapis
· HMCS Sioux (Canadian)
· ORP Slazak (Polish)
· HMS Stevenstone
· HNoMS Stord (Norwegian)
· HNoMS Svenner (hit by German torpedo and sunk off Normandy at dawn, 6 June)[2] HMS Swift (mined and sunk 24 June 1944 off Normandy)
· HMS Talybont
· HMS Tanatside
· USS Thomson
· HMS Ulster
· HMS Ulysses
· HMS Undaunted
· HMS Undine
· HMS Urania
· HMS Urchin
· HMS Ursa
· HMS Venus
· HMS Verulam
· HMS Vigilant
· HMS Virago
· HMS Wrestler (damaged by a mine and not repaired)
Other warships
508 ships (352 British, 154 US and 2 other Allied):
· USS Bayfield, attack transport
· HMS Centurion, old battleship sunk as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater
· Courbet, Free Naval French Forces, old battleship sunk as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater
· USS Charles Carroll attack transport
· HNLMS Flores, Dutch gunboat
· HNLMS Soemba, Dutch gunboat
· HMS Lawford, frigate (bombed and sunk}
· HMS Roberts, monitor
· HMS Bulolo, H.Q. ship
The British 9th and 159th minesweeping flotillas and U.S. 7th Minesweeping Squadron provided minesweeping protection. A distant anti-submarine screen to the operation was provided by HMS Onslow, Offa, Onslaught, Oribi, Melbreak and Brissenden. Additional protection from E-boats was provided by various Motor Gun Boat flotillas.