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DE-366 Alvin C. Cockrell
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
John C. Butler 1944/05/01
Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.
1944/06/27 1944/08/07 1969/09/19
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Namesake: 1Lt Alvin Chester Cockrell (USMC), NC *1918/09/18 1st Batt., 7th Marines KIA 42/09/24 off Lunga Point
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/12/2? 45/01/07     sail from San Diego to P.H.   66 
44/12/20       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/12/20 44/12/28     sail from Panama to San Diego   66 
45/01/07 45/01/17     P.H. -gunnery training ship   66 
45/01/17 45/01/25     escort (with French) convoy PD-256-T(1 AP,5 APA) from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
45/01/26 45/01/31     escort 1 AP, 5 APA from Eniwetok to Kossol Roads   66 
45/01/31 45/???     convoy duty among Eniwetok, Guam, Saipan, Ulithi, Kossol Roads   66 
45/02/23       rescued PBM crew from VPB-22 off Ulithi   66 
45/03/22       rescued plane crew off Guam   66 
45/06/14 45/06/15     search for reported wrecked plane off Kossol Roads   66 
45/07       Peleliu   66 
45/08 45/08/19   Palau Patrol and Escort Unit     66 
45/08/05 45/08/06     search for Indianapolis survivors   66 
45/08/19 45/08/26   CortDiv86 sail from Ulithi to Okinawa   66 
45/08/26 45/09/09     Okinawa   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1968/09/23 struck from Navy List
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Notice: sunk in weapon tests