Landing ships of all types pass HMCS MAYFLOWER off Gold Beach in Normandy on 7 June 1944. HMS AJAX can bee seen in the distance. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB048)
USS LST-46
American Tank Landing Ship, USS LST-46, off Normandy June 1944. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM142)
Landing Ship Normandy
HMCS TRENTONIAN passes the stern of USS LST-377, landing ship discharging men and material to the beach. The ship would drive the bow up onto the beach and just before grounding a large anchor was dropped from the stern. Once unloaded the ship would use a winch to pull itself from the beach towards the […]
Landing Ship Londonderry
By the end of May 1944 there was a great amount of activity in harbour at Londonderry. In this photo, USN Landing Ship 335 is being loaded astern of HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR, photo courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK067)
LST-376 off Normandy
Landing Ship USS LST-376 sails past HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead on 7 June 1944. Two days later on 9 June, this landing ship was torpedoed and sunk by German Torpedo Boats S172, S174, S175 and S187 in the English Channel. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB053)
HMCS PRINCE DAVID
HMCS PRINCE DAVID, infantry landing ship, at Portsmouth 8 June 1944. Many of the ships allocated to the initial phases of the invasion had to return for supplies. All of PRINCE DAVID’s landing craft were damaged, sunk or beached during the first day, requiring replacements. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton photo, courtesy of Bruce […]
Landing Ship -Normandy
Landing Ship USS LST-393 with her bow doors open, sails past HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead on 7 June 1944. LST-393 survived the war and is now a Museum Ship in Muskegon, Michigan on Lake Michigan. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB060)
Landing Craft -Normandy
Royal Navy Landing Craft Tank T7054 sails past MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead in June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB058)
HMCS MAYFLOWER Off Normandy
View from HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead in June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB050)
USN Landing Ship -Normandy
HMCS MAYFLOWER steams past an American landing ship and her landing craft off the Normandy beachhead. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy -Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB049)