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List of Allied vessels involved in Operation Neptune

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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 Australia 1 1
Canada Canada 7 1 8
France Free France 4 4
Netherlands Netherlands 2 2
Norway Norway 2 1 3
Poland Poland 4 4
United Kingdom United Kingdom 95 10 1 106
United States 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) United States US auxiliary attack cargo
HMS Adventure (M23) United Kingdom UK auxiliary support & repair
HMS Ajax (22) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
HMAS Albatross (1928) Australia Aus auxiliary support & repair
HMCS Alberni (K103) Canada Can combat vessel corvette
HMCS Algonquin (R17) Canada Can combat vessel destroyer
USS Amesbury (DE-66) United States US combat vessel destroyer escort
USS Ancon (AGC-4) United States US auxiliary amph. command ship
USS Anne Arundel (AP-76) United States US auxiliary transport
SS Antenor (1924) United Kingdom UK auxiliary transport
HMS Arethusa (26) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
HMS Argonaut (61) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
USS Arkansas (BB-33) United States US combat vessel old battleship
HMS Ashanti (F51) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
SS Audacious (1913) United States US auxiliary transport / block ship scuttled as breakwater
USS Augusta (CA-31) United States US combat vessel heavy cruiser
USS Auk (AM-57) United States US auxiliary minesweeper
HMS Avon Vale (L06) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
USS Baldwin (DD-624) United States US combat vessel destroyer
USS Barnett (APA-5) United States US auxiliary attack transport
USS Barton (DD-722) United States US combat vessel destroyer
USS Bates (DE-68) United States US combat vessel destroyer escort
USS Bayfield (APA-33) United States US auxiliary attack transport
HMS Beagle (H30) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Belfast (C35) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
HMS Bellona (63) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
HMS Black Prince (81) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
HMS Blankney (L30) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
USS Blessman (DE-69) United States US combat vessel destroyer escort
ORP Błyskawica Poland Pol combat vessel destroyer
HMS Boadicea (H65) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Boxer (F121) United Kingdom UK amphibious landing ship, tank
USS Broadbill (AM-58) United States US auxiliary minesweeper
HMS Bulolo United Kingdom UK auxiliary landing ship, headquarters
HMS Campbell (D60) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer leader
HMCS Cape Breton (K350) Canada Can combat vessel frigate
HMS Capetown (D88) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
USS Carmick (DD-493) United States US combat vessel destroyer
HMS Centurion (1911) United Kingdom UK auxiliary block ship scuttled as breakwater
HMS Ceres (D59) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
USS Charles Carroll (APA-28) United States US auxiliary attack transport
USS Chickadee (AM-59) United States US auxiliary minesweeper
USS Corry (DD-463) United States US combat vessel destroyer mine / shore batteries
FNFL Courbet (1911) France Fr auxiliary block ship scuttled as breakwater
HMCS Cowichan (J146) Canada Can auxiliary minesweeper
HMS Cygnet (H83) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Dacres (K472) United Kingdom UK combat vessel frigate
HMS Danae (D44) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
HMS Decoy (H75) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Despatch (D30) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
HMS Diadem (84) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67) United States US auxiliary transport
SS Dover Hill United Kingdom UK auxiliary block ship scuttled as breakwater
USS Doyle (DMS-34) United States US auxiliary fast minesweeper
HMS Dragon (D46) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
HMS Durban (D99) United Kingdom UK auxiliary block ship scuttled as breakwater
HMS Emerald (D66) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
USS Emmons (DD-457) United States US combat vessel destroyer
SS Empire Bunting United Kingdom UK auxiliary block ship scuttled as breakwater
HMS Enterprise (D52) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
HMS Erebus (I02) United Kingdom UK combat vessel monitor
HMS Eskimo (F75) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Express (H61) United Kingdom UK auxiliary destroyer/minelayer
HMS Fame (H78) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Faulknor (H62) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HNLMS Flores Netherlands Ned combat vessel gunboat
HMS Forester (H74) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
USS Frankford (DD-497) United States US combat vessel destroyer
HMS Frobisher (D81) United Kingdom UK combat vessel heavy cruiser
HMS Fury (H76) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer struck mine, not repaired
FNFL Georges Leygues France Fr combat vessel light cruiser
HMS Glasgow (C21) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
USS Glennon (DD-620) United States US combat vessel destroyer
HMS Grenville (R97) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Griffin (H31) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMCS Haida (G63) Canada Can combat vessel destroyer
USS Harding (DD-625) United States US combat vessel destroyer
HMS Havelock (H88) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Hawkins (D86) United Kingdom UK combat vessel heavy cruiser
USS Henrico (APA-45) United States US auxiliary attack transport
HMS Hero (H99) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
USS Hobson (DD-464) United States US combat vessel destroyer
HMCS Huron (G24) Canada Can combat vessel destroyer
HMS Impulsive (D11) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Inconstant (H49) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
SS Iserlohn (1909) United Kingdom UK auxiliary block ship scuttled as breakwater
HMS Isis (D87) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer struck mine
HMS Javelin (F61) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
SS Jeremiah O'Brien United States US auxiliary cargo ship
HMS Jervis (F00) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13) United States US auxiliary attack transport
HMS Kelvin (F37) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Kempenfelt (R03) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer leader
HMS Kingsmill (K484) United Kingdom UK combat vessel frigate
HMCS Kitchener (K225) Canada Can combat vessel corvette
ORP Krakowiak (L115) Poland Pol combat vessel destroyer escort
FNFL La Combattante France Fr combat vessel destroyer
USS Laffey (DD-724) United States US combat vessel destroyer
HMS Largs United Kingdom UK auxiliary headquarters ship
HMS Lawford (K514) United Kingdom UK combat vessel frigate aerial attack
HMS Londonderry (U76) United Kingdom UK combat vessel sloop
HMS Loch Fada (K390) United Kingdom UK combat vessel frigate
HMS Loch Killin (K391) United Kingdom UK combat vessel frigate
HMS Locust (T28) United Kingdom UK combat vessel river gunboat
USS LST-5 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-57 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-209 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-266 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-279 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-288 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-306 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-344 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-356 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-371 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-380 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-389 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-509 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-515 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-516 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-519 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-521 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-529 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-532 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-533 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
USS LST-542 United States US amphibious landing ship, tank
HMS Loyalty (J217) United Kingdom UK auxiliary minesweeper
HMS Magpie (U82) United Kingdom UK combat vessel sloop
HMS Malaya United Kingdom UK combat vessel old battleship
HMS Mauritius (80) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
USS McCook (DD-496) United States US combat vessel destroyer
USS Meredith (DD-726) United States US combat vessel destroyer struck mine, not repaired
HMS Middleton (L74) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
FNFL Montcalm (1935) France Fr combat vessel light cruiser
HMS Montrose (D01) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer leader
USS Murphy (DD-603) United States US combat vessel destroyer
HMS Nelson (28) United Kingdom UK combat vessel battleship
USS Nevada (BB-36) United States US combat vessel old battleship
USS Nuthatch (AM-60) United States US auxiliary minesweeper
HNoMS Nordkapp Norway Nor auxiliary patrol ship
USS O'Brien (DD-725) United States US combat vessel destroyer
HMS Onslow (G17) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Oribi (G66) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Orion (85) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
USS Osprey (AM-56) United States US auxiliary minesweeper struck mine
USS Partridge (ATO-138) United States US auxiliary minesweeper torpedoed by E-boat
USS PC-1261 United States US auxiliary submarine chaser shore batteries
USS Pheasant (AM-61) United States US auxiliary minesweeper
ORP Piorun (G65) Poland Pol combat vessel destroyer
USS Quincy (CA-71) United States US combat vessel heavy cruiser
HMS Ramillies (07) United Kingdom UK combat vessel old battleship
USS Raven (AM-55) United States US auxiliary minesweeper
USS Rich (DE-695) United States US combat vessel destroyer escort struck mine
HMS Roberts (F40) United Kingdom UK combat vessel monitor
HMS Rodney (29) United Kingdom UK combat vessel battleship
USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) United States US auxiliary attack transport
USS Satterlee (DD-626) United States US combat vessel destroyer
HMS Saumarez (G12) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Scourge (G01) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Scylla (98) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer leader
USS Shubrick (DD-639) United States US combat vessel destroyer
HMCS Sioux (R64) Canada Can combat vessel destroyer
HMS Sirius (82) United Kingdom UK combat vessel light cruiser
HMS Skate (1917) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
ORP Ślązak (L26) Poland Pol combat vessel destroyer
HNLMS Soemba Netherlands Ned combat vessel gunboat
USS Staff (AM-114) United States US auxiliary minesweeper
HMS Starling (U66) United Kingdom UK combat vessel sloop
HMS Statice (K281) United Kingdom UK combat vessel corvette
HMS Stevenstone (L16) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HNoMS Stord (G26) Norway Nor combat vessel destroyer
HNoMS Svenner (G03) Norway Nor combat vessel destroyer torpedoed by E-boat
USS Swift (AM-122) United States US auxiliary minesweeper
HMS Tanatside (L69) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
USS Texas (BB-35) United States US combat vessel old battleship
USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30) United States US auxiliary attack transport
USS Thompson (DD-627) United States US combat vessel destroyer
USS Threat (AM-124) United States US auxiliary minesweeper
USS Thurston (AP-77) United States US auxiliary transport
USS Tide (AM-125) United States US auxiliary minesweeper struck mine
USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) United States US combat vessel heavy cruiser
HMS Ulster (R83) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Ulysses (R69) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Undaunted (R53) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Undine (R42) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Urania (R05) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Urchin (R99) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Ursa (R22) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Vanquisher (D54) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Venus (R50) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Versatile (D32) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Verulam (R28) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Vesper (D55) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Vigilant (R93) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Virago (R75) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Vivacious (D36) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Volunteer (D71) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Walker (D27) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Wanderer (D74) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Warspite (03) United Kingdom UK combat vessel old battleship
HMS Watchman (D26) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
SS West Cheswald United States US auxiliary block ship scuttled as breakwater
MS West Grama United States US auxiliary block ship scuttled as breakwater
MS West Honaker United States US auxiliary block ship scuttled as breakwater
SS West Nohno United States US auxiliary block ship scuttled as breakwater
HMS Whimbrel (U29) United Kingdom UK combat vessel sloop
HMS Whitehall (D94) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer
HMS Wild Goose (U45) United Kingdom UK combat vessel sloop
HMS Wrestler (1918) United Kingdom UK combat vessel destroyer struck mine, not repaired

See also

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References

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