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DDG-21 USS COCHRANE


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NFIT

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - SHIPBUILDER

CLASS - CHARLES F. ADAMS As Built.
Displacement 4526 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 437' (oa) x 47' x 15' (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/54 RF (2x1), Tartar SAM (1x1 Mk 13) ASROC ASW (1x8), 6 x 12.75" Mk 32 ASW TT (2x3).
Machinery, 70,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 333-350.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Seattle on July 31 1961.
Launched July 18 1962 and commissioned March 21 1963.
Decommissioned October 1 1990.
Stricken November 20 1992.
Fate Sold to International Shipbreakers, Brownsville for scrapping, completed September 19 2001.
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Cochrane 84kVice Admiral Edward Lull Cochrane (March 18, 1892 - November 14, 1959) was a United States Navy officer and noted naval architect who served as Chief of the Bureau of Ships during World War II. In this capacity, he was directly responsible for the Navy's massive shipbuilding and maintenance program from November 1942 until November 1946.NHC
Cochrane 37kUndated, location unknown.-
Cochrane 151kUndated, off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.Bill Cantrell
Cochrane 115kAludra (AF-55) center, is approached by Cochrane (DDG-21), at left, and Midway (CVA-41) for underway replenishment, during operations in the South China Sea. Photographed by Midway, 15 May 1965. US Navy photo # NH 104027 from the collections of the US Naval Historical CenterNaval Historical Center
Cochrane 101kTaken from the USS Boston (CAG-1) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in early 1968. USS Sproston (DD-577), USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22) and USS Cochrane (DDG-21).John Jazdzewski
Cochrane 110k2 April 1968, USS Cochrane coming alongside the USS Sacramento (AOE-1) to port in heavy seas in WestPac.Reinhard Lindner
Cochrane 35kUSS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22), USS Goldsborough (DDG-20) and USS Cochrane (DDG-21) in Pearl Harbor, March/April 1969.© Richard Leonhardt
Cochrane 116kSydney Harbor, 1979.Barry A. Seward
Cochrane 105kAs above.Barry A. Seward
Cochrane 60kSydney, Australia 1979.Marc Piché
Cochrane 69kSydney, Australia 1979.Marc Piché
Cochrane 140kDN-SC-86-08828. A port quarter view of the guided missile destroyer USS COCHRANE (DDG-21) underway. Photo by PH3 Estep, May 29 1981.Bill Gonyo
Cochrane 72kFebruary 1 1984, location unknown, a port bow view of the guided missile destroyer USS Cochrane (DDG-21) underway.Fred Weiss
Cochrane 58kHong Kong, April 1, 1989© Richard Leonhardt
Cochrane 57kCochrane and USS Reeves (CG-24) in Hong Kong Apr 1 1989.William Chiu
Cochrane 53kShip's patchMike Smolinski
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Cochrane website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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