Cogswell (DD 651) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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it f' . let! , -EN fi ,P N - 4 V fill? . X Commander Neal was horn in Olympia, Washington. He is a graduate of Olympia High School and St. Martin's College, Lacey, Wash. While in the Navy, Cdr Neal has attended Gonzaga University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Naval War College, and the General Line School at New- port, Rhode Island. Cdr Neal has served as the Engineering Officer of the U.S.S. SUMMIT COUNTY QLST-11465 and U.S.S. HOLLISTER KDD-7881, as Materiel Officer on the staff of COMDESRON FIVE, and as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. ROY O. HALE QDER-3361. He has also served within the U. S. Naval Shipyards at Charleston, S. C., and at Boston, Mass., in the U. S. Naval Base, Tinian, Marianas Is., and the U. S. Naval Training Center at San Diego and NROTC unit, University of Washington. Commander Neal's awards include the American Theater A native of Arkansas, Lieutenant Commander Thomas E. Jackson graduated from the U S Naval Academy with the class of 1947 He served aboard the USS MOCKING BIRD KAMS 271 U S S THOMPSON KDMS 385 U S S KLEINSMITH KAPD 1275 and the USS NEWPORT NEWS CCA148j He has taught in the Electrical Engineering Department at the U S Naval Academy served on the staff of Commander First Fleet and prior to reporting aboard the US S COGSWELL served as Staff Operations Officer of Destroyer Squadron Twenty One p' Campaign, World War Two Victory Medal, Navy Occupational - K Medal, China Service Medal, Korean Campaign Medal with six United Nations Medal with Korean clasp, and the Korean ' I it ifift Presidential Unit Citation. Cdr and Mrs. Neal and their three , . V ..., , ,, children reside in Chula Vista, California. Qi' t . f ' ' ai. my QQ, 4 I ' 3,9 ' n 1 u ' , T . . . ' 7 . . . - 7 ' , E ki M - . . . v .5 , X I If 1 . , 3 ' v j as ,O if -I ng ,, A b ix ' fi xg ' Wamafbsmhwym.. -