Gooseberry 2 (Omaha Beach)
Battle of Normandy
Goosberry 2 off Omaha Beach
The « gooseberry 2 » is located at a hundred meters from Omaha Beach from June 7, 1944 and the establishment continues until June 12. It consists of 55 ships of all kinds, supplied by various nations (22 from Great Britain, 16 from the United States, 17 from other Allied countries).
List of 24 Blockships (also called Corn cobs) scuttled to form the gooseberry 2:
| Cargo Alcoa Leader | Liberty Ship James W. Marshall |
| Liberty Ship Artemas Ward | Liberty Ship James Iredell |
| Cargo Audacious | Liberty Ship James W. Marshall |
| Paquebot Baialoide | Cargo Kentuckian |
| Cuirassé HMS Centurion | Cargo Kofresi |
| Cargo Courageous | Cargo Lena Luckenbach |
| Cargo Exford | Cargo Maycrest |
| Cargo Flight Command | Cargo Olambala |
| Cargo Galveston | Cargo Potter |
| Cargo Illinoian | Cargo Robin Gray |
| Liberty Ship George W. Childs | Cargo Stanwell |
| Liberty Ship James Iredell | Cargo West Nilus |
