USS Cogswell (DD-651)
USS Cogswell c.1969
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 United States
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| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 1 February 1943 |
| Launched: | 5 June 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 17 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 October 1969 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1969 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Turkish Navy |
 Turkey
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| Name: | Izmit |
| Acquired: | 1 October 1969 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1980 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Fletcher class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 6500 nm @ 15 kn (12,000 km @ 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 319 |
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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.
Cogswell was launched on 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. T. Deutermann in command.
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 to 12 February 1944, when she put into Majuro, Cogswell also bombarded Gugewe Island. She continued her screening as the carriers launched raids on Truk on 16–17 February and on bases in the Marianas Islands on 21–22 February, then sailed from Majuro to Espiritu Santo to screen carriers providing air cover for the seizure of Emirau Island from 20–25 March, and raiding the Palaus, Yap, and Woleai from 30 March to 1 April.
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