Cogswell (DD 651) - Naval Cruise Book

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The U.S.S. COGSWELL QDD-6515, is a general purpose destroyer 376 feet in length and measuring 39 feet across the widest part of her hullg she is one of the many FLETCHER QDD-4451 class destroyers that are still going strong after having chalked up a brilliant combat record in World War II . . . COGSWELLE duties include shore bombardment, anti-submarine warfare QASWD, anti-aircraft defense, and rescue missions. In short, she can handle any task which requires a Well-rmed, fast, highly maneuverable vessel. How- ever, owing to the rapid technological advances in ASW, her primary function now hes rn that field constant tra1n1ng and participation rn major ASW exercises has well qualified her as a potential sub killer COGSWELL s armament consists of conventional straight running tor pedoes homing torpedoes dual purpose five inch guns three inch anti aircraft uns depth charges and hedgehogs an ahead thrown antr submarine weapon 7 . . . . . 9 J ' , 7 Q l o' ' - ' '. -' U 9 a 1 . . . ,LA-:AY A l-A AAL- A AA A Y I 5 5 -515, M5351 4,i:3,,..,, Am ,g. ,,T::ai:s,g.iL2L - f-y.g-,-.egg-Jr -- ' --,:b1n1..u.f:-::::g.-..:' A4 ul

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USSR CHN 5 wmaafk ,f-' x Saturday Friday A Monday Wednesday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Monday Tuesday Friday Tuesday Saturday Monday Friday Tuesday Friday Sunday Thursday Saturday Wednesday Saturday Monday Monday! Thu rsday Thursday Friday Saturday Wednesday Friday Monday Saturday Monday Friday Monday Friday Wednesday 6 12 22 7 18 AW .vmwwm Us . X Nl Fan-:Luca Pr' cancun. L Alun... I-or t -- if x Q,P0 ffL1-J AN , er Q - la... 'B J f J' We? 'L C1 0800 1300 0800 1000 0800 0930 0800 0800 1300 1045 1500 0900 0800 0800 1330 0900 1400 0800 1600 0800 1600 0800 0900 1430 0800 1200 0700 0800 0700 1000 0600 1500 0815 0900 Nl 'ul W Departed San Diego, California Arrived Pearl Harbor Departed Pearl Harbor fStoddard saves Yamxj Arrived Suhic Bay, Philippines Departed Slibic Bay Philippines Arrived Yokosuka Japan Departed Yokosuka Japan Arrived Kao-hsiung Formosa Departed Kao-hsiung Formosa Patrol 7551 Arrived Kao-hsiung Formosa De arted Kao hsiun Formosa Patrol 9952 P ' S Arrived Kao-hsiung Formosa Departed Kao-hsiunb Formosa Patrol 7553 Arrived Kao-hsiung Formosa Departed Kao-hsiung Formosa Patrol 9554 Arrived Kao-hsiung Formosa Departed Kao-hsiung Formosa Patrol 7555 Arrived Kao-hsiun Formosa Departed Kao-hsiuzig Formosa Patrol 5556 Arrived Kao-hsiung Formosa Departed Kao-hsiunb Formosa Arrived Hong Kong British Crown Colony Deoarted Hong Kona British Crown Colony Arrived Subic Bay Philippines l ocal operations 0800-1600 Daily Departed Subic Bay Philippines Arrived Yokosuka Japan Departed Yokosuka Japan Arrived lxoloe Japan Departed Kobe Japan Arrived Buckner Bay Okinawa Departed Buckner Bay Okinawa Arrived Yokosuka Japan Departed Yokosuka Japan CCOHUSJ Arrived San Diego California U.S.A 13 ' , 21 , 1 , 5 , 6 , , 9 , 13 , , 17 , . 19 U, , 24 , 27 , , 30 , 1 , 5 5 U, 7 , , f 11 , 14 U, 16 , 23 , U, 26 , 10 J 11 12 , 23 , 1 J 7 11 J ' 1 16 J , 25 J , 29 J , 2 I 1 , 6 l , J 1 , ,

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The control of this destructive power is accomplished through the use of Sonar, a highly developed system for the detection and tracking of subsurface targets, and through various gun fire control systems which acquire and track targets and lay the guns to hit these targets even in darkness or under adverse weather conditions. Modern search radars are employed for tactical plotting and navigation . . . The ship's powerplant is made up of four boilers, which provide steam to the massive turbines, enabling them to produce 60,000 horsepower to drive the ship, through reduction gearing, at a top speed of 34 knots. Electrical power is provided by two steam-driven generators and fed to equipment throughout the ship through two large switch boards and miles of cable . . . COGSWELL was constructed by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. Her keel was laid on 1 February, 1943, and she went down the ways on 5 June of the same year. She was first commissioned on 17 August, 1943. During the period January, 1944, to August, 1945, COGSWELL served in the Marianas ls., the Marshall ls., and New Guinea. She participated in the carrier air strikes against Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima and fought in the second battle of the Philippine Sea. The list of actions goes on to include the last large air strike on Okinawa, and a series of air strikes against Tokyo, Kure Kobe, northern Honshu, and Hokkaido. These continued until Japan offered to accept terms of surrender. In January, 1946, 'COGSWELL was placed out of commission for a well-earned rest in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet Charleston S. C. Since her recommissioning in June, 1951, she has made a Mediter- ranean cruise on which she participated in NATO operations MAINBRACE and LONGSTEP' a seven month around the world cruise' the evacuation of the Tachen Is.- and the Formosa Patrol. In 1957 COGSWELL visited such unusual ports as Australia and the Fiji Is. During the 1958 cruise, she took part in Operation HARDTACK, the 1958 Nuclear Weapons test series . . . Recently, COGSWELL has made comparatively routine yearly deployments to the Far East, usually as a member of a fast carrier striking. group. These deployments are punctuated by training operations carried out in the coastal waters of the United States, and by yard periods for overhaul and repair. em' Y J