USS Colahan (DD-658), Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Colahan (DD-658) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Commander Charles E. Colahan (1849-1904). Colahan was launched on 3 May 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N. Y., sponsored by Mrs. P. C. Hinkamp, adopted granddaughter of Commander Colahan; and commissioned on 23 August 1943, Lieutenant Commander D. T. Wilber in command. Colahan arrived at Pearl Harbor on 11 December 1943 to join the Pacific Fleet. She sortied with Task Force 52 (TF 52) for the invasion of the Marshall Islands on 19 January 1944, and screened Mississippi during her bombardment of Enubuj and Kwajalein Islands on 31 January. After repairs and training at Pearl Harbor, Colahan sailed on 31 May 1944 to rejoin the 5th Fleet, operated on radar picket, shore bombardment and fire support duty during the bombardment, capture, and occupation of Guam from 12 July-15 August and screened air strikes in support of the invasion of the southern Palaus from 29 August to 28 September.