DD-508 Cony

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Fletcher, [DD].

Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, U.S.A.

Launch date: 16 August 1942.

Commission date: 30 October 1942.

Decommission date: 02 July 1969.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.050 standard, 2.325 normal, 2.950 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 114,7 x 12,1 x 5,4

Main machinery: 2 x General Electric steam turbines ( 60.000 hp ), 4 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers.

Speed ( knots ): 35.

Range ( miles ): 6.500 at 15 knots.

Complement: 273-336.

Guns: 5 x 127mm/38 Mk30, 4 x 40mm, 4 x 20mm.

Torpedoes: 10 x 533mm ( 2 x 5 ); 2 x K-gun depth charge projectors; 2 x depth charge rack.

Military lift: 492 tm gasoil.

Radar: Search: SPS-6; Tactical: SG; Fire Control: Radar controlled Mk37 directors. Mk56 director with Mk34 radar. Mk63 director with SPG34 radar for 76mm. Guns.

Sonar: hull mounted, QCJ.

Callsign: NILX ()

Comment: Saw extensive action during her participation during WWII in the Pacific Ocean theatre, earning 11 battle stars. Bombed 27th October 1943 while covering the landings on the Treasury Islands, resulting in 8 men being killed, 10 wounded and considerable damage. Repaired and back to action in March 1944 until being placed in reserve in 1946. Reclassified as DDE and recomissioned in 1949 saw action again in 1951 in Korea, where it received two additional battle stars. Remainder years in the fifties the Cony operated in the Mediterranean, North Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea. Cony joined Task Force Alfa, an experimental tactical group concentrating on antisubmarine warfare. Years later Cony took part in the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba in 1961, and during the naval blockade in 1962 intercepted Soviet submarine B39 an incident that nearly led to war between the USA and the Soviet Union. Sunk as target 60 miles off Puerto Rico 20th March 1970. Picture was probably taken while USS Cony visited Cartagena between 9-18 January 1954.

Awards (as of 02/07/1969): 

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