Cochrane (DDG 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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DDG21- SECO D TO N USS COCHRANE is the first ship of the Navy to bear the name of Vice Admiral Edward Lull COCHRANE, USN. Though she is the seventh guided missile destroyer to employ the single arm TARTAR launcher, she is the second ship of the class to have the bow mounted sonar. Her complement consists of 22 officers and 319 men who are provided with modern accomo- dations, including air conditioned living spaces. Built by the Pudget Sound Bridge and Dry Dock Company of Seattle, Washington, COCHRANE had about 1,500,000 man- hours of work performed on her during the 31 months of construction - from the laying of the keel to the day of delivery. COCHRANE carries the most modern weapons afloat for destroyers of her class, giving her the capability to deal effec- tively with any threat on the high seas. Considerably larger than the destroyers we have known in the past, COCHRANE is a fast, highly maneuverable ship. Her automatic combustion control l power plant enables her to carry out with great speed and mobility any task to which she is assigned. Her powerful sonar, ASROC, and torpedo installations equip her to detect, fight, and kill submarines at extended ranges. With her TARTAR guided missile she is capable of intercepting and destroying enemy aircraft many miles from the ship. She is equipped with the most modern communications and electronics installations, and not only can she swiftly detect and track targets but she can rapidly deliver her missiles and projectiles against these targets, be they in the air, on the sea, under the sea or on land. This modern guided missile destroyer is equipped to meet the challenges of today and the future. USS COCHRANE joined the Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. In March 1964 as the flagship of Commander Destroyer Division TWO-FIFTY-TWO. COCHRANE's homeport is Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In early 1965, COCHRANE made her first deployment to WESTPAC for extended operations with the U.S. SEVENTH Fleet, returning to her homeport on 1 October 1965. Between then and her second deployment in july 1966 COCHRANE operated out of Pearl Harbor on local training exercises and as a support ship of NASA's PROJECT GEMINI. COCHRANE's second deployment to the Western Pacific as a unit of the United States SEVENTH Fleet lasted from july to December of 1966, the majority of this deployment was spent in support of the United States position in Vietnam. Following this deployment it was announced that COCHRANE had won the coveted Battle Efficiency E Award for excellence during the previous 18 g months. Her second deployment completed, COCHRANE began her first regular overhaul since commissioning. This extensive over- haul at the shipyard in Pearl Harbor lasted until August 1967, when COCHRANE began readying for a third deployment by undergoing Refresher Training and Missile System Qualification Tests and participating in a major fleet exercise off the coast of Southern California. ' In February 1968 COCHRANE deployed to WESTPAC for the third time. During this deployment COCHRANE participated in every type of SEVENTH Fleet operation which a destroyer can be called upon to do. These assignments include Northern Search and Rescue, Operation Sea Dragon, firing missions against North Vietnam, Naval Gunfire Support to Army, Marine, and Allied troops ashore in South Vietnam, Anti-Air Warfare picket ship, and plane-guard destroyer for four U.S. aircraft carriers. On these assignments COCHRANE fired nearly 26,000 rounds of 5 inch ammunition against enemy targets, causing extensive damage to roads, bridges, radar sites, water borne logistic craft, 1G:L,u 5n.,

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