Everything about Uss Cogswell Dd-651 totally explained
| Career |
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Ordered:
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Laid down:
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1 February 1943 |
Launched:
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5 June 1943 |
Commissioned:
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17 August 1943 |
Decommissioned:
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1 October 1969 |
Struck:
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Fate:
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Transferred to the Turkish Navy as TCG Izmit.
Scrapped in 1981. |
| General characteristics |
Displacement:
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2,050 tons |
Length:
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376 ft 6 in |
Beam:
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39 ft 7 in |
Draft:
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17 ft 9 in |
Propulsion:
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60,000 SHP (45 MW);
2 propellors |
Speed:
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35 kts |
Range:
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6500 NM (12,000 km) @ 15 knot |
Complement:
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319 |
Armament:
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5 × 5 in/38 guns,
10 × 21 in torpedo tubes,
6 × depth charge projectors,
2 × depth charge tracks |
Motto:
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USS Cogswell (DD-651) was a
Fletcher-class destroyer in the
United States Navy, serving in
World War II,
Korean War, and
Vietnam War. The ship is named in honor of
Rear Admiral James Kelsey Cogswell, who served during the
Spanish-American War, and
Captain Francis Cogswell, who served during
World War I. She was launched
5 June 1943 by
Bath Iron Works,
Bath, Maine; cosponsored by Mrs. D. C. Bingham, daughter of Rear Admiral Cogswell, and Mrs. Francis Cogswell, widow of Captain Cogswell; and commissioned
17 August 1943, Commander H. K. Deutermann in command.
World War II
Cogswell arrived at
Pearl Harbor 9 December 1943 for training, and there joined the screen of mighty carrier
Task Force 58 for the
Marshall Islands operation. At sea on this duty from
16 January 1944 until
12 February, when she put in to
Majuro,
Cogswell also bombarded
Gugewe Island. She continued her screening as the carriers launched raids on
Truk on
16 February and
17 February and on bases in the
Marianas Islands on
21 February and
22 February, then sailed from Majuro to
Espiritu Santo to screen carriers providing air cover for the seizure of
Emirau Island from
20 March to
25 March, and raiding the
Palaus,
Yap, and
Woleai from
30 March to
1 April.
The destroyer returned to Majuro
6 April 1944, and a week later joined the sortie for the
Hollandia landings of
21 April to
24 April, and air raids on Truk,
Satawan, and
Ponape at the close of the month. Replenishment at Majuro from
4 May to
6 June preceded
Cogswell's assignment to screen carriers during the landings in the Marianas. On
16 June,
Cogswell was temporarily detached to join in the bombardment of
Guam, rejoining her force to guard it during the momentous air
Battle of the Philippine Sea on
19 June and
20 June. She continued her screening in the raids on Palau, Ulithi, Yap,
Iwo Jima, and
Chichi Jima from
25 July to
5 August, during the last of which she joined in the surface gunfire which sank several ships of a
Japanese convoy earlier badly mauled by carrier aircraft. From
11 August to
30 August, she replenished at
Eniwetok.
Next at sea from
30 August to
27 September 1944,
Cogswell sailed in the carrier screen as strikes were hurled at targets in the Palaus and
Philippines during the invasion of
Peleliu. On
6 October she sailed from Ulithi for the air strikes on
Okinawa and
Formosa in preparation for the
Leyte landings, and fired protective
antiaircraft cover for her force during the Formosa air battle of
12 October to
14 October. After guarding the retirement toward safety of the stricken
USS Canberra (CA-70) and
USS Houston (CL-81), she rejoined her force for air strikes on
Luzon and the
Visayans, and screened them during the
Battle of Surigao Strait, one phase of the decisive
Battle of Leyte Gulf. She returned to Ulithi
30 October, but put to sea 2 days later to return to the Philippines. After
USS Reno (CL-96) was damaged by a submarine's torpedo,
Cogswell guarded her passage to the safety of Ulithi, then returned to screen air strikes on Luzon, the landings on
Mindoro, and the air attacks on Formosa and the
China coast which neutralized Japanese bases in preparation for and during the
Lingayen invasion.
Cogswell screened
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), hit during an air attack, into Ulithi
24 January 1945, and sailed on to the west coast for overhaul.
After sailing across the Pacific guarding convoys,
Cogswell arrived off Okinawa
27 May 1945 for dangerous and demanding duty as radar picket until
26 June. Among her crew since the summer of 1944, was future astronaut Ensign Alan B. Shepard, Jr., who was at this time a gunnary officer. Three days later she rejoined the carrier
Task Force 38 for the final series of raids against the Japanese home islands until the close of the war. Arriving in
Sagami Wan 27 August,
Cogswell pushed on into
Tokyo Bay 2 September for the surrender ceremonies. Cogswell was given the homor of being the first USN ship to enter Tokyo Bay before the surrender. She supported the occupation in the Far East through operations in Japanese waters and escort duty to
Korean ports until
5 December, when she sailed from
Yokosuka for
San Diego,
Boston, and
Charleston, South Carolina, where she was decommissioned and placed in reserve
30 April 1946.
Post World War II
Recommissioned
7 January 1951,
Cogswell served with the
Atlantic Fleet with
Newport, Rhode Island, as her home port. Between
26 August 1952 and February
1953, she cruised to ports of northern
Europe while taking part in
NATO operations, sailing on for duty with the
US 6th Fleet in the
Mediterranean. She again cleared Newport
10 August 1953, bound for the
Panama Canal and duty off Korea and patrolling in the
Taiwan Straits. Continuing westward, she sailed through the
Suez Canal, and completed her cruise around the world
10 March 1954.
On
15 December 1954,
Cogswell arrived in San Diego to join the
Pacific Fleet. From that time through
1963, she's alternated tours of duty with the
US 7th Fleet in the Far East with coastwise operations. On her
1955 cruise, she took part in the evacuation of the
Tachen Islands. She returned to the Far East in
1956 and each succeeding year through
1960. In
1957 Cogswell visited
Australia and the
Fiji Islands, and in
1958, she took part in
nuclear weapons tests at
Johnston Island, and patrolled in the Taiwan Straits when
Chinese Communists resumed shelling of the offshore islands and threatened their assault.
Cogswell made four deployments to
Southeast Asia during the war in Vietnam. Following her last deployment,
Cogswell was decommissioned on
1 October 1969 and given to the
Turkish Navy, where she served as TCG
İzmit (D 342) until
1981. She was scrapped after her service in the Turkish Navy.
Honors
Cogswell received nine
battle stars for World War II service.
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