USS Cony (DD-508)

USS Cony (DD-508)


Career (US)
Namesake: Joseph S. Cony
Builder: Bath Iron Works
Laid down: 24 December 1941
Launched: 16 August 1942
Commissioned: 30 October 1942
Decommissioned: 2 July 1969
Struck: 2 July 1969
Fate: Sunk as a target, 20 March 1970
General characteristics
Class & type: Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement: 2,050 tons
Length: 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m)
Beam: 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)
Draft: 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Range: 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt
Complement: 336
Armament: 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns,
10 × 40 mm AA guns,
7 × 20 mm AA guns,
10 × 21 in. torpedo tubes,
6 × depth charge projectors,
2 × depth charge tracks

USS Cony (DD/DDE-508), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Joseph S. Cony (1834–1867), a naval officer during the Civil War.

Cony was launched 16 August 1942 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. W. R. Sleight; and commissioned 30 October 1942 at Boston, Lieutenant Commander Harry D. Johnson in command.

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