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Photo # 80-G-231247:  LCI(L) convoy passes USS Ancon en route to the Normandy invasion beaches, 6 July 1943.

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USS Ancon (AGC-4), 1942-1946 --
On Board Views taken in June 1944 and later


This page features views taken on board USS Ancon (AGC-4) in June 1944 and later, mainly during the Normandy operation.

For other images concerning USS Ancon, see:

  • USS Ancon (AP-66, later AGC-4), 1942-1946.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-231758

    USS Ancon (AGC-4)


    Chaplain Lt. R. H. McConnell, USN, conducting Protestant church services for Navy and Army personnel on 3 June 1944, just before the invasion of Normandy.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-231759

    USS Ancon (AGC-4)


    Catholic Chaplain Lawrence E. Deery conducting Mass for Navy and Army personnel on 3 June 1944, just before the invasion of Normandy.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 625 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 99216

    Normandy Invasion, June 1944


    Senior U.S. Army officers on board USS Ancon (AGC-4), 5 June 1944, the day before Allied forces landed on Normandy. They are, from left to right:
    Major General C.J. Huebner, Commanding General, First Division;
    Major General L.T. Gerow, Commanding General, Fifth Corps; and
    Brigadier General W.M. Hoge.
    Ancon was command ship for the "Omaha" Beach assault.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 640 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-231247

    Normandy Invasion, June 1944


    Convoy of LCI(L)s en route to the Normandy beaches, with barrage balloons overhead, 6 June 1944.
    Photographed from USS Ancon (AGC-4).
    Note 20mm guns, with Mark 14 lead computing sights, on board Ancon.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-59419

    Rear Admiral John L. Hall, Jr., USN
    (left),
    Commander Task Force 124, the "Omaha" Beach Assault Force

    On board USS Ancon (AGC-4) during the Normandy invasion, June 1944.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 73KB; 595 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     

    The photograph listed below was taken from USS Ancon (AGC-4) in June 1944, but does not show any of her structure:

  • Photo # 80-G-231248: Normandy invasion force off "Omaha" Beach on "D-Day", 6 June 1944.

    For other images concerning USS Ancon, see:

  • USS Ancon (AP-66, later AGC-4), 1942-1946.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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