Landing of the Granma

Landing of the Granma
	Part of the Cuban Revolution
	; Fighters disembarking from the Granma onto the Cuban coast
Date	November 26 – December 2, 1956
Location	Caribbean Sea
Result	Landing delayed 2 days due to bad weather; Rebels ambushed by Batistiano forces 3 days later;
Belligerents
26th of July Movement	Cuba
Commanders and leaders
Fidel Castro	Fulgencio Batista
Strength
	82
Casualties and losses
	67 (killed in ambush 3 days later)

Granma is a yacht that was used to transport 82 fighters of the Cuban Revolution from Mexico to Cuba in November 1956 to overthrow the regime of Fulgencio Batista. The 60-foot (18 m) diesel-powered vessel was built in 1943 by Wheeler Shipbuilding of Brooklyn, New York, as a light armored target practice boat, US Navy C-1994, and modified postwar to accommodate 12 people. "Granma", in English, is an affectionate term for a grandmother; the yacht is said to have been named for the previous owner's grandmother.

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