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USS ''Coffman'' (DE-191) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned home at war's end with a one battle star. She was named in honor of DeWitt Coffman, veteran of the Spanish-American War who was awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal during World War I. The ship was launched on 28 November 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, New Jersey; sponsored by Miss F. Liggett; and commissioned on 27 December 1943, Lieutenant Commander W. H. Putnam, USNR, in command. == World War II Atlantic Ocean operations== After one convoy escort voyage to Bizerte, Tunisia between 12 April and 3 May 1944, ''Coffman'' served between 10 June and 10 July as a target for submarines in training. Assigned to the hunter-killer group formed around the escort carrier , ''Coffman'' joined in training patrols, and a voyage to Casablanca during which the group covered the movement of several convoys. Alternate periods of exercises and patrols continued until early in February 1945, when ''Coffman'' was ordered to join a group searching in stormy waters for a German weather ship reported south of Iceland. == Sinking of German submarine U-548 == She returned to screen carriers during air training operations out of Quonset Point, Rhode Island, until April, when the German U-boats made their last great effort of the war, penetrating the eastern Atlantic in strength. ''Coffman'' and her division were ordered to a search along the coast of Virginia, and on 30 April, she, with , and , sank in . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Coffman (DE-191)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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