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Courtesy of Nick Tiberio

DE- 685 USS COATES

CLASS: Rudderow TYPE: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (std) 1,810 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 11.5" x 13' 9" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38 Mk30, 4 (2x2) 40mm Mk1 AA, 10 x 20mm/70 Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (230 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors (40), 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks (60)
Machinery: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 12 / 192

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Quincy MA on 8 November 1943, Launched 12 December 1943
Commissioned 24 January 1944
Planned conversion to APD-138 cancelled
Decommissioned 16 April 1946, Recommissioned 7 February 1951
Assigned to NRT, 3rd Naval District at New York City 21 November 1957
NRT assignment shifted to New Haven CT 19 September 1960
Decommissioned 30 January 1970, Stricken 30 January 1970

Fate: Sunk as target 19 September 1971

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Size Image Description Contributed
By And/Or Copyright
Coates 72k undated wartime image J. T. Wammack, CM/1c, USNR
Coates 124k undated WWII photo (on back: "Printed by E.E. Hilderbrandt") Nick Tiberio
USS Coates
(5/65-9/67, 1/69-1/70)
Coates 63k circa '50's Nick Tiberio
Coates 118k circa 1960's. Location is Hampton Roads, VA. Photo Credit to Nobe Smith, Atlantic Fleet Sales. Nick Tiberio
Coates 126k 1965 New Haven, CT Nick Tiberio

View the Coates (DE-685)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: None


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.


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