USS Meredith III (DD-726), the third Meredith was laid down 26 July 1943 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; launched 21 December 1943; sponsored by Mrs. William Kepper; and commissioned 14 March 1944, Comdr. George Kauspfer In command.
After shakedown off Bermuda, Meredith departed Boston 8 May 1944 as an escort in a convoy, arriving Plymouth, England, on the 27th. Between 5 and 6 June, she served as escort to transports assembling for the Normandy Invasion. On 6 June, Meredith gave gunfire support to the landing forces on Utah Beach; and early in the morning of the following day, while patrolling the offshore waters as a screening vessel, she struck an enemy mine. Severely damaged, with a loss of seven killed and over 50 wounded and missing, Meredith was towed to an anchorage in the Bay of the Seine to be salvaged. However, on the morning of 9 June, her seams were further opened by an enemy bombing raid and shortly after she broke in two without warning and sank.
On 5 August 1960, the sunken hulk was sold to St. Francaise de Recherches of France. The hulk of the gallant Meredith was raised and scrapped in September 1960. Meredith received one battle star for World War II service.

HMS Lawford (K514) was a Royal Navy converted Captain class frigate (pennant DE-516), built in the US in 1944 as a unit of the Evarts class, and commissioned during November 1943.
HMS Lawford led a column of 10 cross channel ferries carrying Canadian assault troops and took up her position at J1 sector of Gold Beach, reaching Corseulles-sur-Mer at first light on D Day.
Lawford was then designated as command ship for patrol activity off Normandy once the troops had established themselves ashore.
She was converted into an HQ ship for the Normandy landings. On 8 June 1944, whilst operating off Juno Beach, she was hit by enemy fire during an air attack and sunk. There were 37 fatalities, including 24 of her crew. The Royal Navy’s damage summary report states that the ship was hit by an "aerial torpedo" of a Junker88 from the Luftwaffe, which has been taken to mean a torpedo dropped from an aircraft. However, a survey of the wreck undertaken as part of a TV series found evidence that the vessel was broken up and sunk by an internal explosion, indicating a hit from one or more bombs or from an early guided missile such as an Hs-293 or (less likely) a Fritz X.
The wreck in 3 parts lay in front of Courseulles sur Mer.