USS Coolbaugh DE 217
Photo submitted by Jim Andrus
Visit the Award Winning DE 217 Web Site
Named for Lieutenant (jg) Walter Wesley Coolbaugh, b. 1 August
1914, Ransom, PA;
served in Scouting Squadron 6, ENTERPRISE (CV-6);
Navy Cross for Battle of Coral Sea; KIA, d. in aircraft accident 19
December 1942
Type: TE
Builder: PNY
Keel laid 02/22/43
Launched 05/29/43
Commissioned 10/15/43
First CO: Lt Cdr L. S. Kintberger (2)
Decommissioned 02/21/60; three battle stars
Stricken 07/01/72
Sold 08/17/73, scrapped
Unit of CortDiv 36
Took part in invasion of Emirau, Bismarck Arch.
Took part in invasion of Leyte, PI
Patrolled at Iwo Jima
From
the research of Anne McCarthy,
with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster.
March 2006
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