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DD-606 Coghlan
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Bristol . .
Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal.
1942/02/12 1942/07/10 1971
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:43/03: SC+FD radars
Camouflage: 43: Ms 21, 45: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/09/22 42/10/13     sail from San Francisco to P.H. > Kodiak   66 
42/10/13 43/08/25   8/16 Aleutians   66 
43/01/12     8.6 land Amchitka  
43/02/13 43/02/20   8.6 shell Attu   85  66 
43/02/18     8.6.2 sinking/share Akegane Maru NW of Attu   85  66 
43/03/22 43/03/29   16.6 xKomand  
43/03/26     16.6 damaged (53-20N, 168-36E)   85 
43/03/29       Dutch Harbor   85 
43/04/25 43/04/26   16.6 shell Attu   85 
43/05/10 43/06/02 Landcr 16.6 land Attu   85  81 
43/07       San Francisco - overhaul   66 
43/08/10   Cotta 16/LSTGrp     85 
43/08/25 43/09/01     sail from Adak to P.H.   66 
43/09/11 43/09/2?   50 raid Makin, Tarawa   66 
43/09/29 43/10/11   14 raid Wake   66 
43/10/11 43/10/31     P.H.   66 
43/10/31 43/12/11 Galvan 54.7/GF escort and screening duty   66  25 
43/12/11 44/01/22     P.H.   66 
44/01/22 44/03/08 Flint 52.9    
44/03/08 44/04     PHNY - overhaul   66 
44/04/14 44/04/22     escort Fanshaw Bay to Majuro, then escort Altamaha back to P.H.   66 
44/05/24 44/05/29     sail from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
44/05/29 44/08/01? Forage 52.17/FSU3    
44/08/1? 44/09/2?     PHNY - overhaul   66 
44/10/08 44/11/06     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/11/06 44/12     convoy escort duty from Humboldt Bay and Palau to Leyte   66 
44/12/06 44/12/1?   78 land Ormoc Bay   66 
44/12/11     78 gunfire duel with 1st Echelon of "TA-9" operation   99 
45/01/0? 45/02 Mike1 78?     66 
45/04/08 45/04/2?     sail from San Pedro Bay, Leyte for stateside overhaul   66 
45/05 45/07     west coast - overhaul   66 
45/07/22 45/08/12     P.H.   66 
45/07/28 45/08/03   19.1 exercises out of P.H.   125 
45/08/12 45/08/19   12.3 sail from P.H. to strike Wake - cancelled, then reverted to Eniwetok   105 
45/08/26 45/10     Okinawa - occupation duty   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 8 Battle Stars
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