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Task Force 81

Rear Adm. Frank J. Lowry, USN

Rear Admiral Lowry's flagship, the amphibious command ship Biscayne, anchored off Anzio

Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry, USN

Embarking US VI Corps (Maj. Gen. John P. Lucas)

comprising US 31st Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott)

and British 1st Division (Maj.-Gen. W.R.C. Penney)

Force Flagship Group

Cmdr. E.H. Eckelmeyer

1 force flagship: USS Biscayne

1 destroyer escort: USS Frederick C. Davis

Task Group 81.2 (Ranger Group)

Captain E.C.L. Turner, RN

1 transport: HMS Winchester Castle

2 LSI(M): HMS Royal Ulsterman, HMS Princess Beatrix

8 amphibious (all British): 1 LST, 3 LCT, 3 SC, 1 LCI(H)

X-Ray Force

Rear Admiral Lowry

Task Group 81.3 (Red Beach)

Cmdr. William O. Floyd

USN: 12 LST, 31 LCI, 22 LCT

RN: 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 1 LCT(R), 4 PC, 6 SC

Task Group 81.4 (Green Beach)

Cmdr. O.F. Gregor

USN: 12 LST, 31 LCI, 22 LCT

Allied forces landed: approx. 40,000 soldiers, and 5,000+ vehicles

"Peter" Force

Rear Adm. Thomas H. Troubridge, RN

Rear Admiral Thomas Hope Troubridge, RN

Combat vessels

2 light cruisers: HMS Orion, HMS Spartan (sunk)

12 destroyers

2 anti-aircraft/fighter director ships: HMS Ulster Queen, HMS Palomares

Amphibious assault craft

4 transports: HMS Bulolo, HMS Glengyle, HMS Derbyshire, Polish ship Sobieski

63 landing craft

Auxiliaries

6 patrol craft

2 gunboats

6 minesweepers

1 oiler: HMS British Chancellor

1 net tender: HMS Barndale

2 PC (both USN)

2 tugs: USS Evea, USS Edenshaw

4 hospital ships: HMS St. Julien, HMS St. Andrew, HMS Leinster, HMS St. David (sunk)

1 submarine: HMS Ultor