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USS Cofer (DE 208 / APD 62)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: N F I Y

CLASS: Buckley TYPE: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Charleston NSY on 12 May 1943
Launched 6 September 1943, Commissioned 19 January 1944
Reclassified APD 62, 5 July 1944
Decommissioned 28 June 1946, Stricken 1 April 1966

Fate: Sold for scrapping 5 March 1968

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	73k	undated wartime image (Photo: © Ken Herrin 1945)		Nick Tiberio

View the USS Cofer (DE 208 / APD 62), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Jim Snellen (Historian)
Address: 1544 Mayfield Rd. / Jacksonville FL 32259

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