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

USS Cooner

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Cooner
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-LCM-DE172-1 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Cooner (DE-172) underway in September 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Cooner21 August 1943 — 25 June 1946743 days of the war
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Cooner
Namesake
Bunyan Randolph Cooner
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Laid down
22 February 1943
Launched
23 July 1943
Commissioned
21 August 1943
Decommissioned
25 June 1946
Struck
1 July 1972
Fate
Sold for scrap, 1 November 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
76 mm (3 in)

USS Cooner was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Bunyan Randolph Cooner. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey laid her keel on 22 February 1943. She entered service on 21 August 1943, having been launched on 23 July 1943.

79 ships of the class were built. 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 of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 743 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 25 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 July 1972.

She was broken up for scrap on 1 November 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"/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 Cooner on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-LCM-DE172-1 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons