![]() USS Arkansas (BB-33) fires a broadside at the German enemy. The cargo ship SS Charles Morgan and the troop transport USS Susan B. Some named ships lost before and after landing were: USS Partridge (AM-16), USS Osprey (AM-56), USS Tide (AM-125), USS Glennon (DD-620), USS Meredith (DD-726), and USS Rich (DE-695). German mines, torpedoes, and aircraft damaged numerous U.S. Also providing support were battleships and cruisers such as USS Arkansas (BB-33) and USS Texas (BB-35) at Omaha beach while USS Nevada (BB-36), USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37), and USS Quincy (CA-71) supported the landings at Utah beach. The destroyers closer to shore focused on shore batteries, radio stations, pillboxes, and fortified homes. USS Corry (DD-463), USS PC-1261, 14 LCTs, 7 LCIs, and LC (FF) - were lost on D-Day, with USS Baldwin (DD-624) among those ships damaged. Enemy E-boats, based out of Cherbourg, France, and U-boats were also an annoyance. Navy task force warships navigated mines while also enduring aerial attacks from German Luftwaffe. ![]() While providing substantial gunfire support for the landing forces at Omaha and Utah on June 6, 1944, the U.S.
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