USS Cogswell
Service
- 17 August 1943 — 1 October 1969747 days of the war
- as Izmit1 October 1969 — 1981
- Name
- USS Cogswell
- Builder
- Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
- Laid down
- 1 February 1943
- Launched
- 5 June 1943
- Commissioned
- 17 August 1943
- Decommissioned
- 1 October 1969
- Struck
- 1 October 1969
- Fate
- Scrapped 1981 (1981)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
- Length
- 114.6 m (376 ft)
- Beam
- 11.89 m (39 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Range
- 6,479 nmi (11,999 km)
- Complement
- 319
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
USS Cogswell was a Fletcher-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. Her keel was laid at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME on 1 February 1943. Launched on 5 June 1943, she entered service on 17 August 1943.
Her class ran to 173 ships. The class followed the Gleaves-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer.
She displaced 2,050 long tons. She measured 114.6 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 11.9 m (39 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 319.
Her main battery was four 40 mm (1.6 in) guns.
She served with the United States Navy until 1 October 1969. She then passed to the Turkish Navy, serving as Izmit from 1 October 1969. She was in commission for 747 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 1 October 1969. She was struck from the register on 1 October 1969.
She was broken up for scrap in 1981.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 60,000 shp (45 MW)
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 5 × 5-inch 38 caliber guns
- 4 × 40 mm AA guns
- 4 × 20 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Abbot (DD-629)
- USS Abner Read (DD-526)
- USS Albert W. Grant
- USS Ammen (DD-527)
- USS Anthony (DD-515)
- USS Aulick (DD-569)
- USS Bache (DD-470)
- USS Beale (DD-471)
- USS Bearss
- USS Bell (DD-587)
- USS Benham (DD-796)
- USS Bennett
- USS Bennion
- USS Black
- USS Boyd
- USS Bradford
- USS Braine
- USS Brown (DD-546)
- USS Brownson (DD-518)
- USS Bryant
- USS Bullard
- USS Burns (DD-588)
- USS Bush (DD-529)
- USS Callaghan (DD-792)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Cogswell on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: PHC K.R. Kimball, U.S. Navy — U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 107204 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons