A Hand-Drawn Sketch of the USS Laffey (DD-724)'s Plans for D-Day

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Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum

Name/Title

A Hand-Drawn Sketch of the USS Laffey (DD-724)'s Plans for D-Day

Scope and Content

This hand-drawn sketch created lays out the screening formation that the USS Laffey (DD-724) undertook on D-Day.

Context

"I really had the impression that we would go into the beachhead with guns blazing. It wasn't that way at all. All around you, there are thousands of ships, literally thousands of ships. You looked up in the air, and all you saw was a constant stream of airplanes coming across the channel." --Aristides "Ari" Phoutrides The USS Laffey (DD-724) was part of the Allied fleet that provided screening and gunfire support for the D-Day landings. Quartermaster Ari Phoutrides drew this map while serving aboard the Laffey at Normandy.

Collection

USS LAFFEY DD724, Ari Phoutrides Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2023.59

Source or Donor

Steve Phoutrides

Acquisition Method

Donation

Update Date

March 25, 2025