When the Rangers at Pointe du Hoc reported dwindling ammunition and mounting casualties, Texas's crew loaded two landing craft with provisions and ammunition. The returning boats brought aboard 35 wounded Rangers, 27 prisoners, and a Coast Guardsman who had been killed. Texas continued breaking up German troop concentrations and exhausted enough ammunition to require a rapid voyage to Plymouth before resuming fire support. As the army advanced beyond normal gun range, the crew flooded the starboard torpedo blister to create a two-degree list and gain enough elevation for one final long-range mission.
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Ranger resupply, casualty care, and a deliberately listed hull
Texas supported the isolated Rangers at Pointe du Hoc with ammunition, casualty care, repeated fire missions, and an improvised way to gain gun elevation.