Note: Several of the time entries of the heavier ships seem to be about
a half hour later than the time entries of the destroyers. It is unknown
as to whether the larger ships used a different method for recording
entries, or if perhaps it took several minutes for an entry to be made
in the ship's log after the event was seen. That is, they may have been
recording the time that they made their entry in the log, which could
have been several minutes after the actual event happened. |
Battleship USS Nevada
(BB-36). Right: Bombarding Utah Beach on D-Day.
10 x 14-inch guns (two triple, two twin), 20 x 5-inch guns
USS Nevada Firing Main Battery
Action Report Excerpt from
Battleship USS Nevada
(BB-36)
Heavy Cruiser USS Tuscaloosa
(CA-37)
9 x 8-inch guns; 8 x 5-inch guns
Action Report Excerpts from
Heavy Cruiser USS Tuscaloosa
(CA-37)
Heavy Cruiser USS Quincy
(CA-71)
9 x 8-inch guns; 12 x 5-inch guns
Note: USS Quincy entry for 0830, refers to Target #3, which is the Saint-Marcouf / Crisbecq battery. Pre-D-Day intelligence reports for Target #3 were six 155mm guns, but those guns were moved and three 210-mm guns were installed.
Deck Log and War Diary Excerpts from
Heavy Cruiser USS Quincy
(CA-71)
Destroyer USS Hobson
(DD-464)
4 x 5-inch guns
Action Report Excerpts from
Destroyer USS Hobson
(DD-464)
Action Report Excerpts from
Destroyer USS Hobson
(DD-464)
Destroyer
USS Butler (DD-636)
4 x 5-inch guns
Action Report Excerpt from Destroyer USS Butler (DD-636)
Note below: With time
entries always entered in sequence from earliest to latest, the 0750 entry
stating "CORRY, hit by shore battery. Sinking rapidly" may actually have
been a typo intended to be entered as 0650 because the later time entries that follow the
0750 entry are actually earlier 0742 and 0747. As listed, entries seem to be recorded
out of sequence.
Deck Log Excerpts with Corry
Survivor Names
from Destroyer
USS Butler (DD-636)
Corry survivors rescued by
destroyer USS Butler (DD-636)
June 6, 1944
Destroyer USS Fitch (DD-462)
4 x 5-inch guns
Note: USS Fitch entry for 0647, and other entries, refer to Target #3, which is the Saint-Marcouf / Crisbecq battery that scored direct hits amidships on USS Corry. Pre-D-Day intelligence reports for Target #3 were six 155mm guns, but those guns were moved and three 210-mm guns were installed at Target #3. At 0647 the battery was out of range for USS Fitch because the Fitch had moved to a rear area temporarily while heavy aerial bombardment was occurring. Later, after 0722, when USS Fitch moved in closer to rescue USS Corry survivors, Fitch took Saint-Marcouf under continued fire for quite a while as detailed in 0737 entry.
Action Report Excerpts from
Destroyer
USS Fitch (DD-462)
Action Report Excerpts from
Destroyer
USS Fitch (DD-462)
Deck Log Excerpts with Corry Survivor Names from
Destroyer
USS Fitch (DD-462)
Deck Log Excerpts with Corry Survivor Names from
Destroyer
USS Fitch (DD-462)
Deck Log Excerpts with Corry
Survivor Names from
Destroyer
USS Fitch (DD-462)
Patrol Torpedo Boat PT-199 rescued
more than 60 Corry survivors
PT-199 Action Report Excerpt
USS Barnett (APA-5) troop
ship that brought
Corry survivors and KIA back to England.
USS Barnett (APA-5) Troop Ship
Operations Report Excerpts