75th ANNIVERSARY OF LANDINGS ON D-DAY + GIBRALTAR ISSUES 2019

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75th ANNIVERSARY OF LANDINGS ON D-DAY + GIBRALTAR ISSUES 2019

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Jul 18, 2022 3:30 am

Gibraltar issued in 2019 four stamps for the D-Day Landings 75th Anniversary, the 70p shows us the LCI(L) 495 and two Higgins landings craft: viewtopic.php?p=13524&hilit=Higgins#p13524
80p Shows us Canadian Soldiers landing on Juno Beach on D-Day, the craft is also Higgins landings craft.
£ 2.86 shows, US troops wade ashore from a Coast Guard Landing craft at Omaha Beach during the D-Days landings near Vierville Sur Mer on 6 June. The landing craft is not identified.
£ 3.46 Shows soldiers behind a Czech Hedgehog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_hedgehog on the beach.

Gibraltar Post gives by the stamps:
D-Day (the Battle of Normandy) lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulting in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control.
Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region.
By dawn on June 6, thousands of paratroopers and glider troops were already on the ground behind enemy lines, securing bridges and exit roads. The amphibious invasions began at 6:30 a.m. The British and Canadians overcame light opposition to capture beaches codenamed Gold, Juno and Sword, as did the Americans at Utah Beach. U.S. forces faced heavy resistance at Omaha Beach, where there were over 2,000 American casualties. However, by day’s end, approximately 156,000 Allied troops had successfully stormed Normandy’s beaches. According to some estimates, more than 4,000 Allied troops lost their lives in the D-Day invasion, with thousands more wounded or missing.
Less than a week later, on June 11, the beaches were fully secured and over 326,000 troops, more than 50,000 vehicles and some 100,000 tons of equipment had landed at Normandy. In the ensuing weeks, the Allies fought their way across the Normandy countryside in the face of determined German resistance, as well as a dense landscape of marshes and hedgerows. By the end of June, the Allies had seized the vital port of Cherbourg, landed approximately 850,000 men and 150,000 vehicles in Normandy, and were poised to continue their march across France.
Victory in Normandy. By the end of August 1944, the Allies had reached the Seine River, Paris was liberated and the Germans had been removed from northwestern France, effectively concluding the Battle of Normandy. The Allied forces then prepared to enter Germany, where they would meet up with Soviet troops moving in from the east.
The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring, the Allies had defeated the Germans. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of the war in Europe.

(Source: History Channel)
https://www.gibraltar-stamps.com/index. ... sue&id=667

Built as a Tank Landing Ship by Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co, Evansville, In. for the USA Navy.
14 August 1943 laid down.
16 October 1943 launched.
Specifications:
Displacement: 1,625 t.(lt)
4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load).
2,366 t. (beaching displacement).
Length 328' o.a.
Beam 50'
Draft
light 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft.
Sea-going 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft.
Landing 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load), limiting 11' 2".
maximum navigation 14' 1".

Speed 11.6 kts. (trial).
Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons.
Complement: 13 officers, 104 enlisted.
Troop Accommodations:16 officers, 147 enlisted.

Boats 2 LCVP
Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads between 1600 and 1900 tons)
Typical loads: One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to the tank deck from the main deck
Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enable payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting

Armament (varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was:
2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors.
4 - Single 40MM gun mounts.
12 single 20MM gun mounts
Fuel Capacity
Diesel fuel 4,300 Bbls
Propulsion: Two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines, single Falk Main Reduction Gears.
Three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
Two propellers, 1,700shp.
Fitted out with twin rudders.

23 December 1943 commissioned as USS LST-495, under command of L Tjg. Adam Y, McLachlan.

During World War II USS LST-495 was first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns.
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944.

Okinawa Gunto operation:
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 29 April to 24 June 1945

While assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater USS LST-495, under the command of LT Adam Y. McLachlan, USN, was assigned to: LST Flotilla Ten; LST Group Thirty, LCDR. A. R. Sodergron
While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-495, under the command of LCDR. H. D. Smith USNR, was assigned to: LST Flotilla Thirty-Five, CAPT. D. H. Johnston USN. LST Group One Hundred Five, CDR. E.P. Wilson USN LST Division Two Hundred Ten

Following World War II USS LST-495 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods: 10 – 23 September 1945, and 22 – 29 October 1945.

Decommissioned, 23 April 1946
Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 8 April 1948, to Kaiser, Inc., Seattle, WA.
USS LST-495 earned three battle stars for World War II service

https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160495.htm
Gibraltar 2019 70p/£3.46 sg?, Scott 1705/08







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