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Picture of a Loaded Rhino Ferry Approaching the Invasion Beaches


A loaded "Rhino" ferry approaches the invasion beaches on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. This ferry is RHF-3, with "Rhino" tug RHT-3 assisting. Note the name "Hell's Angels" on the RHT-3's conning station shields. A U.S. Coast Guard 83-foot rescue boat is in the distance. (June 6, 1944).

 

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Photograph from the U.S. Coast Guard Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

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