USS Colahan
Service
- 23 August 1943 — 1 August 1966741 days of the war
- Name
- USS Colahan
- Namesake
- Charles E. Colahan
- Builder
- Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York
- Laid down
- 24 October 1942
- Launched
- 3 May 1943
- Commissioned
- 23 August 1943
- Decommissioned
- 1 August 1966
- Struck
- 1 August 1966
- Fate
- Sunk as a target, 18 December 1966 (1966)
- Status
- Wreck
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 Colahan was a Fletcher-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Charles E. Colahan. Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York laid her keel on 24 October 1942. She entered service on 23 August 1943, having been launched on 3 May 1943.
She was one of 173 ships of her class. The class followed the Gleaves-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer.
Displacement was 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 was in commission for 741 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 1 August 1966. She was struck from the register on 1 August 1966.
She was expended as a target on 18 December 1966. The wreck survives.
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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 Colahan on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy Burau of Ships photo 19-NN - DD-658 Colahen - 157691 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons