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USS Coghlan (DD-606)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Coghlan.
USS Coghlan (DD-606) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship named for Joseph Bulloch Coghlan.
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Name | USS Coghlan (DD-606) |
Namesake | Joseph Bulloch Coghlan |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
Launched | 12 February 1942 |
Commissioned | 10 July 1942 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1947 |
Stricken | 1 July 1971 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1974 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Benson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,620 tons |
Length | 347 ft 9 in (105.99 m) |
Beam | 361 ft (110 m) |
Draught | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) |
Speed | 38 kts (70.4 km/h) |
Complement | 262 |
Armament | 4 x 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns, 5 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
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Coghlan was launched on 12 February 1942 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Mrs. G. Coghlan; commissioned on 10 July 1942, Lieutenant Commander B. F. Tompkins in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet.