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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.{{sfn|Balkoski|2005|pp=64–65}} This was in turn part of the Western Naval Task Force, under Admiral Alan G Kirk.{{sfn|Churchill|1951|p=594}}

US Navy Force U Bombardment Group
Name	Type	National service	Captain
{{USS\|Nevada\|BB-36\|2	Battleship	US Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=344}}
{{HMS\|Erebus\|I02\|2	Monitor	Royal Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=344}}
{{HMS\|Hawkins\|D86\|2	Heavy cruiser	Royal Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=344}}
{{USS\|Tuscaloosa\|CA-37\|2	Heavy cruiser	US Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=344}}
{{HMS\|Black Prince\|81\|2	Light cruiser	Royal Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=344}}
{{HMS\|Enterprise\|D52\|2	Light cruiser	Royal Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=344}}
{{HNLMS\|Soemba	2	Gunboat	Netherlands	Balkoski\|2005\|p=344}}
{{USS\|Butler\|DD-636\|2	Destroyer	US Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=345}}
{{USS\|Corry\|DD-463\|2	Destroyer	US Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=344}}
{{USS\|Fitch\|DD-462\|2	Destroyer	US Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=344}}
{{USS\|Forrest\|DD-461\|2	Destroyer	US Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=344}}
{{USS\|Gherardi\|DD-637\|2	Destroyer	US Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=345}}
{{USS\|Herndon\|DD-638\|2	Destroyer	US Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=344}}
{{USS\|Hobson\|DD-464\|2	Destroyer	US Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=344}}
{{USS\|Shubrick\|DD-639\|2	Destroyer	US Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=344}}
{{USS\|Bates\|DE-68\|2	Destroyer escort	US Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=345}}
{{USS\|Rich\|DE-695\|2	Destroyer escort	US Navy	Balkoski\|2005\|p=345}}
{{HMS\|Hotham\|K583\|2	Frigate	Royal Navy	A/Lt.Cdr. Sydney Ayles^[1]
{{HMS\|Tyler\|K576\|2	Frigate	Royal Navy	Lt. Christopher H. Rankin^[2]

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1. ^{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5689.html|title=HMS Hotham (K 583)|last=Helgason|first=Guðmundur|publisher=U-boat.net|accessdate=14 September 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5681.html|title=HMS Tyler (K 576)|last=Helgason|first=Guðmundur|publisher=U-boat.net|accessdate=14 September 2014}}

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{{cite book | last = Balkoski | first = Joseph | title = Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944 | year = 2005 | publisher = Stackpole Books | location = Mechanicsburg, PA | isbn = 0-8117-0144-1 | ref = harv}}
{{cite book | last = Churchill | first = Winston | authorlink = Winston Churchill | title = Closing the Ring | series = The Second World War | volume = V | year = 1951 | origyear = 1948 | publisher = Houghton Mifflin | location = Boston | oclc = 396150 | ref = harv}}

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