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TF 122 WESTERN NAVAL TASK FORCE
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): USS Augusta (CA-31)
 * 1 high-speed minesweeper: USS Thompson (DD-627)
 * 3 yard minesweepers
 * 1 subchaser: SC-1321
 * 1 motor torpedo boat: PT-71

TF 125 ASSAULT FORCE “U” FOR 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: USS Bayfield
 * 1 high-speed minesweeper: USS 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 (J76), HMS Whitehaven, HMS Poole, HMS Vegreville, HMS Kenova
 * 4 minelayers
 * 4 danlayers
 * Sweep Unit 3
 * 9 Auk-class minesweepers: USS Auk (AM-57), USS Broadbill (AM-58), USS Chickadee, USS Nuthatch, USS Pheasant, USS Staff (AM-114), USS Swift (AM-122), USS Threat, USS Tide (AM-125) (sunk by mine 7 June)
 * 2 Raven-class minesweepers: USS Raven (AM-55), USS Osprey (AM-56) (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: USS Barnett, USS 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): USS Barton (DD-722), USS Walke (DD-723), USS Laffey (DD-724), USS O'Brien (DD-725), USS Meredith (DD-726) (sunk by mine 9 June)
 * 2 Gleaves-class destroyers: USS Jeffers (5 × 5-in. main battery), USS Glennon (DD-620) (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): USS Nevada (BB-36)
 * 1 monitor (2 × 15-in. main battery): HMS Erebus (I02)
 * 2 heavy cruisers: USS Tuscaloosa, USS Quincy
 * 1 heavy cruiser: HMS Hawkins
 * 2 light cruisers: HMS Enterprise, HMS Black Prince
 * 1 🇳🇱 gunboat: Soemba
 * 4 Gleaves-class destroyers: USS Corry (DD-463) (sunk by shore gunfire 4 June), USS Herndon (DD-638), USS Shubrick (DD-639), USS Butler
 * 2 Buckley-class destroyer escorts: USS Rich (DE-695) (sunk by mine 8 June), USS Bates
 * 4 high-speed minesweepers: USS Fitch, USS Forrest, USS Hobson, USS 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 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: USS Ancon (AGC-4)
 * 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: USS Samuel Chase, USS Henrico
 * 1 landing ship, infantry: HMS 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: USS Charles Carroll, USS Thomas Jefferson
 * 1 landing ship, infantry: HMS 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: USS Anne Arundel, USS Dorothea L. Dix, USS 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: HMS 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: USS Frankford, USS Nelson, USS Plunkett
 * 1 Benson-class destroyer: USS Murphy (DD-603)
 * Also see destroyers under Bombardment Group below
 * 2 V-class destroyers: HMS Vesper, HMS Vidette
 * 3 Buckley-class destroyer escorts: USS Borum, USS Amesbury, USS 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: USS Texas, USS Arkansas
 * 2 light cruisers: HMS Glasgow (C21), HMS Bellona (63)
 * 2 🇫🇷 light cruisers: Montcalm, Georges Leygues
 * 9 Gleaves-class destroyers: USS Frankford, USS McCook (DD-496), USS Carmick, USS Doyle, USS Emmons, USS Baldwin, USS Harding, USS Satterlee, USS Thompson
 * 3 Hunt-class destroyers: HMS Tanatside (L69), HMS Talybont, HMS Melbreak (L73)

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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: USS Rodman (DD-456)
 * 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.