USS Coolbaugh
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United States | |
Name | USS Coolbaugh |
Namesake | Walter W. Coolbaugh |
Ordered | 1942 |
Builder | Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 22 February 1943 |
Launched | 29 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 15 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 21 February 1960 |
Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
Honors and awards | 3 battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 17 August 1973 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Buckley-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 15 officers, 198 men |
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USS Coolbaugh (DE-217) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1960. She was scrapped in 1973.
Namesake
Coolbaugh was named in honor of
History
USS Coolbaugh was launched 29 May 1943 by
World War II, 1943–1945
After escorting merchantmen across the
Coolbaugh arrived at Manus 10 October 1944 to join the
Between 19 and 27 November 1944, Coolbaugh screened escort carriers as they provided air cover for convoys supplying forces in Leyte Gulf, and then sailed to New Guinea to prepare for the Lingayen assault. Through January and February 1945, she screened transports carrying reinforcements to Lingayen Gulf, serving on patrol within the gulf during each such voyage. Between 28 February and 4 March, she sailed from Ulithi to Iwo Jima to carry away men who had made the original landings, upon their relief by other forces. She returned to Iwo Jima to patrol off the island until 27 March, when she cleared for Pearl Harbor.
Coolbaugh provided escort and other services to ships training in the Hawaiian Islands until 4 September 1945, when she arrived at San Francisco for overhaul and training on the west coast.
Post-war operations, 1946–1960
Early in January 1946, she arrived at
Assigned permanently to the Fleet Sonar School at Key West on 22 August 1957, Coolbaugh thereafter operated primarily in
Awards
Coolbaugh received three
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Coolbaugh at NavSource Naval History