The other LCI damaged by enemy action was 135 which was mined under the port quarter early on the afternoon of the 11th when kedging off the beach: the port engines were put out of action, the kedge was damaged, and the First Lieutenant broke his ankle.

Beach obstructions generally, that is, both wrecks of landing craft and the remains of beach obstructions, damaged several other craft. LCI's 125, 135, 252 and 115 were damaged by obstacles or wrecks and all craft had to be careful when beaching. Another difficulty was that many of the beaches had been frequently bombed and the craters made it dangerous for troops to go ashore without somebody preceding them to make sure they would not fall into a crater in their heavy kit. For these reasons minor craft of the ferry service were sometimes used by the LCI's for disembarking their troops, and after the 12th June the pontoon jetties which were established in the shelter of the British and American harbours were occasionally used in calm weather, when the sharp edges of the pontoons were not a menace to the craft.

Weather damage, however, claimed most of the craft casualties. Apart from those LCI's which were damaged during the storm which is described below, 285, 276, 250 and 135 were damaged by weather in one way or another. The variable control mechanism on the propellers, and ramp and winch motors proved most troublesome.

Accidents also took their toll, as when an American LCT 505 rammed 252 on the beach, holed her port side, and fouled her kedge on the 22nd. Ramps and kedges were the most vulnerable in collisions and replacements were constantly being required. In spite of these minor difficulties and dangers casualties during the build-up were fortunately even fewer than. on the assault.

Although naval casualties were negligible, there were a few military casualties suffered in disembarking troops. These casualties occurred during one tragic disembarkation when the troops panicked in their heavy equipment and several drowned in the ensuing shambles. At dusk on the evening of the 10th, LCI 276 beached on a quickly rising tide and ran on to an off shore runnel, at "Dog" beach in the Omaha" area. As usual naval personnel took the guide lines from the ramps ashore and, although for a few feet they were in deep water almost out of their depth, the Officer Commanding troops considered it safe to disembark using the ramp lines as a guide through the short stretch of deep water.