USS Coghlan (DD-606)

Coghlan at Bethlehem Steel in San Francisco on 16 July 1942.
History
United States
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
Struck:	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" (127 mm), 5 x 21" (533 mm) tt.

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.

Coghlan was launched 12 February 1942 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Mrs. G. Coghlan; commissioned 10 July 1942, Lieutenant Commander B. F. Tompkins in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet.

Coghlan sailed from San Francisco 22 September 1942 for Pearl Harbor and Kodiak, Alaska, arriving 13 October for convoy and patrol duty. She supported Army landings on Amchatka 12 January 1943, and participated in the bombardment of Gibson Island at the entrance of Chicago Harbor 18 February. On 20 February, she aided in the sinking of a Japanese merchantman. On 15 March she cleared Dutch Harbor with a force to patrol against Japanese shipping south and west of Kiska to prevent reinforcement of Japanese-held Attu. On 26 March, her group turned a larger Japanese force back in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands. In this action, Coghlan screened Richmond, and laid smoke for Salt Lake City. She bombarded Holtz and Chicago harbors 26 April, and with the southern support group covered the landings on Attu from 11 May to 2 June. Overhauled at San Francisco in July, Coghlan returned to Adak on 13 August for 2 final weeks on patrol in the Aleutian Islands.