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DE-217 Coolbaugh
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley -
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
1943/05/ 1943/10/15 1973/08/17
scrap
Namesake: Ltjg Walter W. Coolbaugh pil. VS-5 42/08
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/01/       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/01/?? 44/02/08     escort erchant from Panama to Efate   66 
44/02 44/10     Solomons - escort duty   66 
44/04/09 44/04/16     land Emirau   66 
44/08/23 44/08/29     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/10/10 44/10/12     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/10/12 44/10/27 King2 77.4.1     70 
44/10/25   King2 77.4.1 xSamar   70 
44/10/27 44/11/0?     escort damaged Suwanee from Leyte to Manus   66 
44/11/19 44/11/27 King2 77.4     66 
44/12 45/01     New Gunea - Mike rehearsals   66 
45/01 45/02 Mike1   reinforcement convoy duty to Lingayen Gulf   66 
45/02/28 45/03/04     sail from Ulithi to Iwojima   66 
45/03/04 45/03/1?     carry away troops from Iwojima 1st landing wave   66 
45/03/1? 45/03/27     Iwojima - patrol duty   66 
45/03/27 45/04/0?     sail from Iwojima to P.H.   66 
45/04 45/09     P.H: - escort and training duty   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1972/07/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars
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