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

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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

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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
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

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References

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