Action off La Ciotat

See also: Operation Dragoon order of battle
Action off La Ciotat
Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of World War II

American sailors examining battle damage to USS Endicott after the action off La Ciotat
Date17 August 1944
Location
off La Ciotat, France, Mediterranean Sea
43°10′37″N 05°36′31″E / 43.17694°N 5.60861°E / 43.17694; 5.60861
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
  Germany
Commanders and leaders
John D. Bulkeley Hermann Polenz
Strength
Casualties and losses
  • USN:
  • 1 man wounded
  • 1 destroyer damaged
  • 211 captured
  • 1 corvette sunk
  • 1 naval yacht sunk
  • 1 freighter sunk

The Action off La Ciotat was a naval engagement on 17 August 1944 during the Second World War and was part of Operation Dragoon. Allied forces, engaged at the main landings in Vichy France, ordered a small flotilla of American and British warships to make a feint against the port city of La Ciotat. The Allies hoped to draw German forces away from the main landing zones at Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Saint-Tropez and Saint Raphaël. During the operation, two German warships attacked the Allied flotilla.

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