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DD-508 / DDE-508 USS CONY


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NILX

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - COFFEE

CLASS - FLETCHER As Built.
Displacement 2924 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 5"(oa) x 39' 7" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 1.1" AA, 4 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 15 Knots, Crew 273.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath Me.December 24 1941.
Launched August 16 1942 and commissioned October 30 1942.
Decommissioned June 18 1946, Recommissioned November 17 1949.
Reclassified DDE-508 March 26 1949, reverted back to DD-508 June 30 1962.
Decommissioned and stricken July 2 1969.
Fate Sunk as target off Puerto Rico March 20 1970.

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Cony 174kUndated, location unknown.-
Cony 61kUndated, location unknown.-
Cony 22kUndated, location unknown.-
Cony 53kUndated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.Mike Smolinski
Cony 50kCirca 1942, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Cony 61kBroadside view of the USS Cony (DD 508) off San Francisco after her overhauled at Hunters Point Navy Yard on 26 Jun 1943.Darryl Baker
Cony 57kBow on view of the USS Cony (DD 508) off San Francisco after her overhauled at Hunters Point Navy Yard on 26 Jun 1943.Darryl Baker
Cony 94kForward plan view of the USS Cony (DD 508) at Hunters Point Navy Yard. Circled areas indicate modifications accomplished during overhaul period.Darryl Baker
Cony 129kAmidships plan view of the USS Cony (DD 508) at Hunters Point Navy Yard. Circled areas indicate modifications accomplished during overhaul period.Darryl Baker
Cony 102kNavy Photo 823-44, aft plan view of USS Thatcher (DD 514) at Mare Island on 5 Feb 1944. Thatcher was in overhaul at Mare Island from 13 Dec 43 until 10 Feb 44. The ship in the background is the USS Cony (DD-508).Darryl Baker
Cony 105kNavy Photo 825-44, forward plan view of USS Thatcher (DD 514) at Mare Island on 5 Feb 1944. Thatcher was in overhaul at Mare Island from 13 Dec 43 until 10 Feb 44. The ship in the background is the USS Cony (DD-508).Darryl Baker
Cony 125kNavy Photo 1365-44, amidships looking aft plan view of USS Cony (DD 508) at Mare Island on 28 Feb 1944. Cony was in overhaul at Mare Island from 4 Dec 43 until 29 Feb 44.Darryl Baker
Cony 99kNavy Photo 1372-44, stern view of USS Cony (DD 508) at Mare Island on 25 Feb 1944. Cony was in overhaul at Mare Island from 4 Dec 43 until 29 Feb 44.Darryl Baker
Cony 93kNavy Photo 1374-44, broadside view of USS Cony (DD 508) off Mare Island on 25 Feb 1944. Cony was in overhaul at Mare Island from 4 Dec 43 until 29 Feb 44. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 21d.Darryl Baker
Cony 106kLeyte Invasion, October 1944, USS Cony (DD-508) lays a smoke screen near USS West Virginia (BB-48), to protect shipping off Leyte from Japanese air attack, during the landings there on 20 October 1944. Note manned anti-aircraft batteries on board the battleship, including a Mark 51 director in the foreground, 20mm gun at left, 40mm quad gun mount in center and 5"/38 twin gun mounts beyond. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Fred Weiss
Cony 34kUSS Cony (DDE-508, ex-DD) after conversion underway circa 1952, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Cony 91kTask Group ALFA, formation portrait of the anti-submarine group's ships and aircraft, taken during 1959 exercises in the Atlantic, while Secretary of the Navy William B. Franke was embarked. Ships include the group flagship, USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in center, two submarines, and seven destroyers. Identifiable among the latter are USS Eaton (DDE-510) at left front, USS Beale (DDE-471) following Eaton, USS Waller (DDE-466) in the center foreground, and USS Conway (DDE-507) at right front. The reamianing two are the USS Bache (DD-470) and USS Cony (DD-508) of DesRon 28. Aircraft overhead include two formations of S2F "Trackers" from the Valley Forge air group, plus one shore-based P2V "Neptune" from Norfolk Naval Air Station, Virginia. Two HSS-1 helicopters are flying low, directly over the submarines. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.Fred Weiss
Cony 144kUSS Valley Forge (CVS-45) Steams in formation with other units of Task Force ALFA, during anti-submarine exercises in the Atlantic, 1959. The other ships present are (from left): USS Murray (DDE-576), USS Beale (DDE-471), USS Bache (DDE-470), USS Eaton (DDE-510), USS Conway (DDE-507), USS Cony (DDE-508) and USS Waller (DDE-466). Photograph was released for publication on 3 August 1959. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Cony 42kKey West Florida, November 1966.© Richard Leonhardt
Cony 47kKey West Florida, November 1966.© Richard Leonhardt
Cony 60kKey West Florida, November 1966.© Richard Leonhardt
Cony 55kShip's patchMike Smolinski
Cony 47kShip's patchMike Smolinski

USS CONY DD-508 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Ken Cox
Address: 104 Winterdale Dr., Lake Alfred, FL 33850
Phone: 863-307-3187
E-mail: kcox@tampabay.rr.com
Next reunion: San Antonio, TX May 14-18, 2008

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Cony website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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