Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer escort

USS Coffman

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Coffman
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Coffman (DE-191) underway at sea, circa in 1944.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Coffman27 December 1943 — 30 April 1946615 days of the war
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Coffman
Namesake
DeWitt Coffman
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Laid down
9 September 1943
Launched
28 November 1943
Commissioned
27 December 1943
Decommissioned
30 April 1946
Struck
1 July 1972
Fate
Sold for scrap, 17 August 1973 (1973)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft) OA
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Range
10,800 nmi (20,002 km)
Complement
216
Main gun
40 mm (1.6 in)

USS Coffman was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. She was named for DeWitt Coffman. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey laid her keel on 9 September 1943. She entered service on 27 December 1943, having been launched on 28 November 1943.

She was one of 79 ships of her class. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 1,240 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 216.

Her main battery was two 40 mm (1.6 in) guns in one twin mountings.

She was in commission for 615 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 30 April 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 July 1972.

She was broken up for scrap on 17 August 1973.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × single Mk.22 3-inch/50-caliber guns
  • 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun
  • 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds)
  • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

54 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Coffman on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons