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U.S.S. ALVIN C. COCKRELL

(DE-366)

COCKED AND READY

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DE-366 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1944-Keel Date: 1 MAY 1944
at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX
AUG1944-Launch Date: 8 AUG 1944
OCT1944-Commissioned: 7 OCT 1944
AUG1945-AUG1945Retrieve and identify dead bodies from USS Indianapolis Aug 4 -9
AUG1955-Shellback Initiation - 16 AUG 1955 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1957-Shellback Initiation - 20 JAN 1957 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1962-JUL1962West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1962-SEP1962West Pac-Viet Nam

DE-366 General Specifications

Class: John C. Butler-class destroyer escort

Named for: Alvin C. Cockrell

Complement: 14 Officers and 201 Enlisted

Displacement: 1350 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 36 feet 8 inches

Flank Speed: 24 knots

Range: 6 000 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sunk as target off California 19 September 1969