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  2. USS Laffey (DD-724) - Wikipedia

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    USS Laffey (DD-724) is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, which was constructed during World War II, laid down and launched in 1943, and commissioned in February 1944.The ship earned the nickname "The Ship That Would Not Die" for her exploits during the D-Day invasion and the Battle of Okinawa when she successfully withstood a determined assault by conventional bombers and the most ...

  3. List of Allied forces in the Normandy campaign - Wikipedia

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    Armed forces during the Battle of Normandy in 1944 D-Day Overlord; Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1960]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1. "The Assault Landings in Normandy : Order of Battle British Second Army" (PDF). Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.

  4. Normandy landings - Wikipedia

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    The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day (after the military term ), it is the largest seaborne invasion in history.

  5. USS Barton (DD-722) - Wikipedia

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    On 14 May 1944, Barton departed Norfolk and arrived at Plymouth, England on 27 May. From 3-26, June she carried out screening, patrol, and bombardment duties in support of the invasion of Normandy . On 6 June, she rescued 31 American soldiers from the sinking LCT-2498 .

  6. HNoMS Svenner (G03) - Wikipedia

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    Svenner was sunk off Sword, one of the Allied landing zones in Normandy, at dawn on 6 June 1944 while supporting the British Army Normandy landings. It was the only Allied ship to be sunk by the Kriegsmarine during the morning of the invasion.

  7. Bombardment of Cherbourg - Wikipedia

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    The War at Sea 1939–1945: The Offensive. Part II 1st June 1944 – 14th August 1945. History of the Second World War. Vol. III. London: HMSO. OCLC 236145. Schofield, B.B. (2008). Operation Neptune: The Inside Story of Naval Operations for the Normandy Landings 1944. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-84415-662-7.

  8. Battle of Ushant (1944) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Ushant, also known as the Battle of Brittany, occurred on the early morning of 9 June 1944 and was an engagement between German and Allied destroyer flotillas off the coast of Brittany. The action came shortly after the initial Allied landings in Normandy .

  9. List of destroyers of World War II - Wikipedia

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    List of destroyers of World War II Ship Operator Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Aaron Ward (DD-483) United States Navy: Gleaves: Destroyer 1,630 4 March 1942 sunk 7 April 1943 [5] Aaron Ward (DM-34) Robert H. Smith: Destroyer minelayer: 2,200 28 October 1944 decommissioned 1945, sold for scrap 1946 Abbot: Fletcher ...