List of Allied vessels involved in Operation Neptune

Operation Neptune, a phase of the European Theatre of World War II, was an undertaking by the Allies to invade the Northern coast of Nazi-occupied France. Following is a list of Allied vessels that took part in the operation.

Tallies

Nation	Combat	Auxiliary	Amphibious	Totals
Australia		1		1
Canada	7	1		8
Free France	4			4
Netherlands	2			2
Norway	2	1		3
Poland	4			4
United Kingdom	95	10	1	106
United States	27	32	21	80
Totals	143	43	22	208

List of vessels

Ship	Nation	Category	Type	Neptune Loss
USS Achernar (AKA-53)	US	auxiliary	attack cargo
HMS Adventure (M23)	UK	auxiliary	support & repair
HMS Ajax (22)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
HMNZS Monowai (F59)	UK	infantry landing ship	landing ship, infantry
HMAS Albatross (1928)	Aus	auxiliary	support & repair
HMCS Alberni (K103)	Can	combat vessel	corvette
HMCS Algonquin (R17)	Can	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Amesbury (DE-66)	US	combat vessel	destroyer escort
USS Ancon (AGC-4)	US	auxiliary	amph. command ship
USS Anne Arundel (AP-76)	US	auxiliary	transport
SS Antenor (1924)	UK	auxiliary	transport
HMS Arethusa (26)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
HMS Argonaut (61)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
USS Arkansas (BB-33)	US	combat vessel	old battleship
HMS Ashanti (F51)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
SS Audacious (1913)	US	auxiliary	transport / block ship	scuttled as breakwater
USS Augusta (CA-31)	US	combat vessel	heavy cruiser
USS Auk (AM-57)	US	auxiliary	minesweeper
HMS Avon Vale (L06)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Baldwin (DD-624)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Barnett (APA-5)	US	auxiliary	attack transport
USS Barton (DD-722)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Bates (DE-68)	US	combat vessel	destroyer escort
USS Bayfield (APA-33)	US	auxiliary	attack transport
HMS Beagle (H30)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Belfast (C35)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
HMS Bellona (63)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
HMS Black Prince (81)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
HMS Blankney (L30)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Blessman (DE-69)	US	combat vessel	destroyer escort
ORP Błyskawica	Pol	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Boadicea (H65)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Boxer (F121)	UK	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS Broadbill (AM-58)	US	auxiliary	minesweeper
HMS Bulolo	UK	auxiliary	landing ship, headquarters
HMS Campbell (D60)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer leader
HMCS Cape Breton (K350)	Can	combat vessel	frigate
HMS Capetown (D88)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
USS Carmick (DD-493)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Centurion (1911)	UK	auxiliary	block ship	scuttled as breakwater
HMS Ceres (D59)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
USS Charles Carroll (APA-28)	US	auxiliary	attack transport
USS Chickadee (AM-59)	US	auxiliary	minesweeper
USS Corry (DD-463)	US	combat vessel	destroyer	mine / shore batteries
FNFL Courbet (1911)	Fr	auxiliary	block ship	scuttled as breakwater
HMCS Cowichan (J146)	Can	auxiliary	minesweeper
HMS Cygnet (H83)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Dacres (K472)	UK	combat vessel	frigate
HMS Danae (D44)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
HMS Decoy (H75)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Despatch (D30)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
HMS Diadem (84)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67)	US	auxiliary	transport
SS Dover Hill	UK	auxiliary	block ship	scuttled as breakwater
USS Doyle (DMS-34)	US	auxiliary	fast minesweeper
HMS Dragon (D46)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
HMS Durban (D99)	UK	auxiliary	block ship	scuttled as breakwater
HMS Emerald (D66)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
USS Emmons (DD-457)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
SS Empire Bunting	UK	auxiliary	block ship	scuttled as breakwater
HMS Enterprise (D52)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
HMS Erebus (I02)	UK	combat vessel	monitor
HMS Eskimo (F75)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Express (H61)	UK	auxiliary	destroyer/minelayer
HMS Fame (H78)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Faulknor (H62)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HNLMS Flores	Ned	combat vessel	gunboat
HMS Forester (H74)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Frankford (DD-497)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Frobisher (D81)	UK	combat vessel	heavy cruiser
HMS Fury (H76)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer	struck mine, not repaired
FNFL Georges Leygues	Fr	combat vessel	light cruiser
HMS Glasgow (C21)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
USS Glennon (DD-620)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Grenville (R97)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Griffin (H31)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMCS Haida (G63)	Can	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Harding (DD-625)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Havelock (H88)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Hawkins (D86)	UK	combat vessel	heavy cruiser
USS Henrico (APA-45)	US	auxiliary	attack transport
HMS Hero (H99)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Hobson (DD-464)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
HMCS Huron (G24)	Can	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Impulsive (D11)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Inconstant (H49)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
SS Iserlohn (1909)	UK	auxiliary	block ship	scuttled as breakwater
HMS Isis (D87)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer	struck mine
HMS Javelin (F61)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
SS Jeremiah O'Brien	US	auxiliary	cargo ship
HMS Jervis (F00)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13)	US	auxiliary	attack transport
HMS Kelvin (F37)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Kempenfelt (R03)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer leader
HMS Kingsmill (K484)	UK	combat vessel	frigate
HMCS Kitchener (K225)	Can	combat vessel	corvette
ORP Krakowiak (L115)	Pol	combat vessel	destroyer escort
FNFL La Combattante	Fr	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Laffey (DD-724)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Largs	UK	auxiliary	headquarters ship
HMS Lawford (K514)	UK	combat vessel	frigate	aerial attack
HMS Londonderry (U76)	UK	combat vessel	sloop
HMS Loch Fada (K390)	UK	combat vessel	frigate
HMS Loch Killin (K391)	UK	combat vessel	frigate
HMS Locust (T28)	UK	combat vessel	river gunboat
USS LST-5	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-57	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-209	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-266	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-279	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-288	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-306	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-344	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-356	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-371	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-380	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-389	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-509	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-515	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-516	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-519	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-521	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-529	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-532	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-533	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
USS LST-542	US	amphibious	landing ship, tank
HMS Loyalty (J217)	UK	auxiliary	minesweeper
HMS Magpie (U82)	UK	combat vessel	sloop
HMS Malaya	UK	combat vessel	old battleship
HMS Mauritius (80)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
USS McCook (DD-496)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Meredith (DD-726)	US	combat vessel	destroyer	struck mine, not repaired
HMS Middleton (L74)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
FNFL Montcalm (1935)	Fr	combat vessel	light cruiser
HMS Montrose (D01)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer leader
USS Murphy (DD-603)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Nelson (28)	UK	combat vessel	battleship
USS Nevada (BB-36)	US	combat vessel	old battleship
USS Nuthatch (AM-60)	US	auxiliary	minesweeper
HNoMS Nordkapp	Nor	auxiliary	patrol ship
USS O'Brien (DD-725)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Onslow (G17)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Oribi (G66)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Orion (85)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
USS Osprey (AM-56)	US	auxiliary	minesweeper	struck mine
USS Partridge (ATO-138)	US	auxiliary	minesweeper	torpedoed by E-boat
USS PC-1261	US	auxiliary	submarine chaser	shore batteries
USS Pheasant (AM-61)	US	auxiliary	minesweeper
ORP Piorun (G65)	Pol	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Quincy (CA-71)	US	combat vessel	heavy cruiser
HMS Ramillies (07)	UK	combat vessel	old battleship
USS Raven (AM-55)	US	auxiliary	minesweeper
USS Rich (DE-695)	US	combat vessel	destroyer escort	struck mine
HMS Roberts (F40)	UK	combat vessel	monitor
HMS Rodney (29)	UK	combat vessel	battleship
USS Samuel Chase (APA-26)	US	auxiliary	attack transport
USS Satterlee (DD-626)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Saumarez (G12)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Scourge (G01)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Scylla (98)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer leader
USS Shubrick (DD-639)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
HMCS Sioux (R64)	Can	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Sirius (82)	UK	combat vessel	light cruiser
HMS Skate (1917)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
ORP Ślązak (L26)	Pol	combat vessel	destroyer
HNLMS Soemba	Ned	combat vessel	gunboat
USS Staff (AM-114)	US	auxiliary	minesweeper
HMS Starling (U66)	UK	combat vessel	sloop
HMS Statice (K281)	UK	combat vessel	corvette
HMS Stevenstone (L16)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HNoMS Stord (G26)	Nor	combat vessel	destroyer
HNoMS Svenner (G03)	Nor	combat vessel	destroyer	torpedoed by E-boat
USS Swift (AM-122)	US	auxiliary	minesweeper
HMS Tanatside (L69)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Texas (BB-35)	US	combat vessel	old battleship
USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30)	US	auxiliary	attack transport
USS Thompson (DD-627)	US	combat vessel	destroyer
USS Threat (AM-124)	US	auxiliary	minesweeper
USS Thurston (AP-77)	US	auxiliary	transport
USS Tide (AM-125)	US	auxiliary	minesweeper	struck mine
USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)	US	combat vessel	heavy cruiser
HMS Ulster (R83)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Ulysses (R69)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Undaunted (R53)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Undine (R42)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Urania (R05)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Urchin (R99)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Ursa (R22)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Vanquisher (D54)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Venus (R50)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Versatile (D32)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Verulam (R28)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Vesper (D55)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Vigilant (R93)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Virago (R75)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Vivacious (D36)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Volunteer (D71)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Walker (D27)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Wanderer (D74)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Warspite (03)	UK	combat vessel	old battleship
HMS Watchman (D26)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
SS West Cheswald	US	auxiliary	block ship	scuttled as breakwater
MS West Grama	US	auxiliary	block ship	scuttled as breakwater
MS West Honaker	US	auxiliary	block ship	scuttled as breakwater
SS West Nohno	US	auxiliary	block ship	scuttled as breakwater
HMS Whimbrel (U29)	UK	combat vessel	sloop
HMS Whitehall (D94)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer
HMS Wild Goose (U45)	UK	combat vessel	sloop
HMS Wrestler (1918)	UK	combat vessel	destroyer	struck mine, not repaired

References

Tallies

List of vessels

See also

References