Allied Warships

USS Coolbaugh (DE 217)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	Buckley
Pennant	DE 217
Built by	Philadelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered	8 Jun 1942
Laid down	22 Feb 1943
Launched	29 May 1943
Commissioned	15 Oct 1943
End service	21 Feb 1959
History	Decommissioned 21 February 1959. Stricken 1 July 1972. Sold 17 August 1973 and broken up.

Commands listed for USS Coolbaugh (DE 217)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Leon Samuel Kintberger, USN	15 Oct 1943	19 Feb 1944
2	Lt.Cdr. Stuart Trowbridge Hotchkiss, USNR	19 Feb 1944	13 Jun 1945
3	Lcmdr Stanley Elliot Zimmerman, USNR	13 Jun 1945	31 Jan 1946

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Notable events involving Coolbaugh include:

9 May 1945
USS Steelhead (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Byrnes, USN), USS Manta (T/Lt.Cdr. E.P. Madley, USN) and USS Skate (T/Cdr. R.B. Lynch, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour with USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR), USS Coolbaugh (Lt.Cdr. S.T. Hotchkiss, USNR) and USS Loeser (Lt.Cdr. J. Proctor, USNR).

10 May 1945
USS Devilfish (T/Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr., USN) and USS Thornback (T/Cdr. E.P. Abrahamson, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour with USS Coolbaugh (Lt.Cdr. S.T. Hotchkiss, USNR).

11 May 1945
USS Devilfish (T/Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr., USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour with USS Coolbaugh (Lt.Cdr. S.T. Hotchkiss, USNR).

13 May 1945
During 13/14 May 1945, the following submarines conducted tactical exercises off Pearl Harbour; USS Dace (T/Cdr. O.R. Cole, Jr., USN), USS Lapon (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Baer, USN), USS Redfin (T/Lt.Cdr. C.K. Miller, USN), USS Devilfish (T/Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr., USN), USS Manta (T/Lt.Cdr. E.P. Madley, USN) and USS Thornback (T/Cdr. E.P. Abrahamson, USN).

They were attacking a dummy convoy of 13 (other source says 16) transports which were escorted by the destroyer USS Chew (Lt.Cdr. J.J. Mannion, USNR), destroyer minelayer USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR), destroyer escorts USS Whitman (Lt. E.A. Sandor, USNR), USS Coolbaugh (Lt.Cdr. S.T. Hotchkiss, USNR), USS Darby (Lt.Cdr. M.W. Martin, USNR) and USS PC-782 (Lt.(jg) R.L. Essick, USNR).

7 Jul 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR), USS Jallao (T/Cdr. J.B. Icenhower, USN) and USS Searaven (T/Lt.Cdr. R.C. Smallwood, Jr., USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Coolbaugh (Lt.Cdr. S.E. Zimmerman, USNR). (1)

8 Jul 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Coolbaugh (Lt.Cdr. S.E. Zimmerman, USNR), USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR), USS Howard (Lt.Cdr. F.W. Diehl, USNR), USS Stickleback (Cdr. H.K. Nauman, USN), USS Plaice (Cdr. R.S. Andrews, USN), USS Torsk (Cdr. B.E. Lewellen, USN) and USS Sargo (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Hingson, USN).

13 Jul 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS J. Douglas Blackwood (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Johnston, USNR) and USS Coolbaugh (Lt.Cdr. S.E. Zimmerman, USNR).