Cochrane (DDG 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS Cochrane Sh1p s H1story USS COCHRANE IS the flrst sh1p of the Navy to bear the name of Vlce Admlral Edward Lull COCH RANE USN Though she IS the seventh gurded m1ss1le destroyer to employ the slngle arm TARTAR launcher she lS the second shrp of the CHARLES F ADAMS class to have bow mounted sonar Her complement con slsts of 22 offrcers and 340 men Bullt by the Pudget Sound Brldge and Dry Dock Com pany of Seattle Washmgton COCHRANE had about 1 500 000 man hours of work performed on her durmg the 31 months of constructlon from the laylng of the keel to the day of dellvery COCHRANE carrles the most modern weapons afloat for destroyers of her class grvmg her the capabl hty to deal effectively wlth any threat on the hrgh seas Conslderably larger than the destroyers we have known ln the past COCHRANE ts a fast hlghly maneuverable shlp Her automatlc combustxon control power plant enables her to carry out wlth great speed and mob1l1ty any task to whlch she IS asslgned Her powerful sonar ASROC and torpedo mstallatlons equlp her to detect fight and klll submarmes at extended ranges Wlth her TARTAR gulded m1ss1le system she 1S capable of mter ceptlng and destroymg enemy alrcraft many m1les from the shlp She IS equlpped w1th the most modern commu mcatlons and electromcs mstallatlons one of four AD AMS class DDG s to be equlpped wlth the Navy Tactr cal Data System QNTDSJ to provlde computerlzed trackrng and weapons assrgnment USS COCHRANE jorned the Crulser Destroyer Force U S Pactflc Fleet rn March 1964 as the flagshlp of Commander Destroyer D1v1s1on TWO FIVE TWO ment to WESTPAC for extended operatlons w1th the U S SEVENTH Fleet returnmg to her home port on 1 October 1965 Between then and her second deployment ln July 1966 COCHRANE operated out of Pearl Har bour on local trammg exercrses and as a support ship of NASA s Project GEMINI COCHRANES second deployment to the Western Paclflc as a unlt of the Umted States SEVENTH Fleet lasted from July to December of 1966 the majorrty of thus deployment was spent ln support of the Umted States posrtlon 1n Vretnam Followmg thls deployment lt was announced that COCHRANE had won the coveted Battle Efflclency E Award for excellence durrng the previous 18 months Her second deployment completed COCHRANE be gan her flrst regular overhaul SIHCB commlsslomng Thls extensive overhaul at the shrpyard ln Pearl Harbor lasted untrl August 1967 when COCHRANE began readymg for a third deployment by undergomg Refresher Tram mg and MlSSllC System Quahflcatlon Tests and partrcr pallng tn a major fleet exerclse off the coast of Southern Cahfornla In February 1968 COCHRANE deployed to WEST PAC for the thlrd trme Durmg thus deployment COCH RANE participated ln every type of SEVENTH Fleet operatlon whlch a destroyer can be called upon to do These asslgnments mcluded Northern Search and Res cue Operatlon Sea Dragon f1r1ng mlsslons agalnst North Vletnam Naval Gunflre Support to Army Ma rme and Allred troops ashore m South Vretnam Antl Arr Warfare plcket shlp and plane guard destroyer for four U S arrcraft carrlers COCHRANE frred nearly 16 O00 rounds of 5 lnch ammunltron agalnst enemy tar e s Whlle enroute to Pearl Harbour at the completron of the deployment ln August 1968 COCHRANE was notl fred that she had made a clean sweep of Battle Effl clency competltlon and won every award presented for excellence ln the prevlous 18 month perlod Thrs rnclud ed the Battle Effrclency E fsecond awardj depart mental E awards 1n Operatxons Engineering and 1 ' 7 ' 1 V . I . . I , , ' , , J A 1 . . . 8 . , , Ax W ln early 1965, COCHRANE made her first deploy- ' ' h , - D. g t . . .

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ceived notification that she had again won the Battle Efficiency E , as well as Departmental E 's for Oper- ations and Supply, the A for ASW. She deployed to WESTPAC in February of 1971 and again in August of 1973, primarily operating in the South China Sea sup- porting the effort in Vietnam. Her third overhaul com- menced in June of 1973 and included the installation of DDG-TDS and the STANDARD Digital Fire Control System update. COCHRANE escorted the USS CON- STELLATION into the Persian Gulfg conducted oper- ations in the Indian Ocean and assisted in the evacuation of Vietnam during her seventh deployment which com- menced in October of 1974. COCHRANE was never wanting for something to do between deployments. If it was not any of a dozen major inspections to prepare for, it was a major fleet exercise. The paperwork was endless: as soon as the proud ship was painted out it needed to be painted again and nobody can ever remember a time in her entire history that there wasn't at least one passageway that was secured due to wet wax. She headed West again in April of 1976 to join the Seventh Fleet. Not long after she returned she en- tered the yards for the fourth time in overhaul. She painted on Departmental E 's in Supply, Gunnery, Operations, Missiles and the Communications NC . COCHRANE passed her OPPE the first time around in July of 1978 and earned the nickname Fastest DDG in PEARL HARBOR following her highly successful full power trial. Capt. C. J. Carmody, Commander Fleet Training Group, called COCHRANE's REFTRA per- formance . . the finest noted during the past year for U.S. Navy DDG, DD and FF type ships. Similar out- standing grades on her Nuclear Weapons Acceptance Inspection maintained COCHRANE's reputation as NUMBER ON E . COCHRANE departed on her ninth deployment on 24 January 1979, but this time she left Hawaiian waters on a southerly course. Following the initiation of well over three hundred lowly pollywogs into the ancient my- stcries of the domain of Neptunus Rex, COCHRANE paid a call on the tropical islands of Samoa, Tonga, Fiji and New Caledonia, as well as New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Guam and Midway to round out her first SOUTH PAC deployment. USS COCHRANE is a unit of Destroyer Squadron TWENTY FIVE and is homeported in Pearl Harobr, HAWAII.