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U.S.S. COOLBAUGH
(DE-217)Click to view crew list
DE-217 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DE-217 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-217 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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FEB | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 22 FEB 1943 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | ||
MAY | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 29 MAY 1943 | ||
OCT | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 15 OCT 1943 | ||
FEB | 1960 | - | Decommissioned: 21 FEB 1960 |
DE-217 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Named for: Walter W. Coolbaugh
Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Flank Speed: 23 knots
Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 17 August 1973