USS Coolbaugh (DE-217)

USS Coolbaugh (DE-217)

Photo taken from CVE120 somewhere in the Atlantic on 29 October 1953. At the mast top are the SA air search radar, the SU Surface search radar, the BK "ski-pole" IFF transponder and interrogator antennas, and the TBS. On the aft tripod mast are the TDY radar jammers and the ball-shaped DBM Radar Direction Finding and Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) antennas. National Archives #80G631244
Operational and Building Data Class: Buckley (TE) - Upgraded to 5"/38 in December 1945 Laid down by: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA Laid Down: 22 February 1943 Launched: 29 May 1943 Commissioned: 15 October 1943 Decommissioned: 21 February 1960 Stricken: 1 July 1972 Fate: Sold for scrap on 17 August 1973
An early photo of the Coolbaugh before the 5"/38 gun upgrade. National Archives #80G277094
An undated photo of the *USS Coolbaugh* (DE-217) in Key West, Florida. Behind the Coolbaugh is the *USS Francis M. Robinson* (DE-220). In the foreground is the fantail of the *USS Sarsfield* (EDDE-837). The photo was probably taken sometime in 1951. Courtesy of Otto Johnk.