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USS Coates (DE-685)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - T - R - G
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Carbondale"
Ship's Motto: On The Way
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Navy Expeditionary Medal
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star
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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By And/Or Copyright
Coates 122k Artist's conception of Coates by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett, with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company, Navy Yard Associates, offers prints of most destroyers, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. ALL the destroyer escorts ARE available in their WWII configuration. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. When you purchase artwork from them, please indicate that you heard about their work from Navsource. Navy Yard Associates
Coates 124k undated WWII photo (on back: "Printed by E.E. Hilderbrandt") Nick Tiberio
Coates 72k undated wartime image J. T. Wammack, CM/1c, USNR
Coates 156k undated: early post-war photo, note dual depth charge racks on fantail Nick Tiberio
USS Coates
(5/65-9/67, 1/69-1/70)
Coates 114k circa '50's: note single depth charge rack aft.
De Long 124k 22 June 1958: Brooklyn NY - At the Brooklyn Navy yard, shortly before they started scrapping Enterprise (CV-6) by first cutting off her tripod mast; she was sold for scrapping 10 days later, on 2 July.  The carrier on the opposite side of the pier is USS Independence (CVA-62) nearing completion. Ships visible in the left foreground include (from front): USS DeLong (DE-684), USS Coates (DE-685) and USS Hoe (SS-258). Ten other destroyers are also present, as is a "Liberty" type ship.  The F. & M. Schaefer brewery is visible in the center background; the longest and last operating brewery in New York City (when it was closed in 1976), and America's oldest lager beer brewing company. Steve Whitby
Coates 118k circa 1960's: Hampton Roads, VA (Photo ©Nobe Smith, Atlantic Fleet Sales) Nick Tiberio
USS Coates
(5/65-9/67, 1/69-1/70)
Coates 126k 1965: New Haven, CT
Coates Memorabilia
Ship's Emblem
Decal
Coates
Courtesy of
Nick Tiberio		 Ship's
Lighter
Coates
Courtesy of
Nick Tiberio		 Ship's
Matchbook
Coates
Courtesy of
Nick Tiberio		 Squadron
Patch
Coates
Courtesy of
Nick Tiberio
View the USS Coates (DE-685), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None
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