Rear Admiral Morton Deyo, heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa (flag), heavy cruiser Quincy, battleship Nevada, HMS light cruiser Glasgow and light cruiser Enterprise, six destroyers: Ellyson, Rodman, Gherardi, Hambleton, Emmons, and British 9th Minesweeping Flotilla.
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To support their advance over the Cotentin Peninsula and their planned assault on the German fortifications, on Jun 25, 1944, a bombarding force (CTF 129) was organized under the command of Rear-Admiral Morton Deyo, USN.
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Rear Admiral Morton Deyo began putting together a naval bombardment plan on 15 June.
Cherbourg | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Late Heavy Bombardment | Cherbourg-Octeville | Bombardment of Yeonpyeong | 397th Bombardment Squadron | Cherbourg, Queensland | Cherbourg Naval Base | ''Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, Charleston, South Carolina, 1863'', William Aiken Walker, 1886, Gibbes Museum of Art | 858th Bombardment Squadron | 681st Bombardment Squadron | 60th Bombardment Squadron | 497th Bombardment Group | 425th Bombardment Squadron | 424th Bombardment Squadron | 422d Bombardment Squadron | 36th Bombardment Squadron | 327th Bombardment Squadron | 29th Bombardment Squadron |