USS Colhoun DD-85 / APD-2

Type:
Destroyer
High Speed Transport

Class:
Wicks
Builder:
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.
(Fore River Shipyard)
Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Hull Number:
Destroyer #85
DD-85 (July 17, 1920)
APD-2 (Aug. 2, 1940)
Ordered:
December 16, 1916
Commissioned:
June 13, 1918
December 11, 1940

Keel Laid:
September 19, 1917
Decommissioned:
June 28, 1922
Launched:
February 21, 1918
Stricken:
September 11, 1942
Fate:
Sunk Aug. 30, 1942 by Japanese Aircraft (25th Air Flotilla from Rabaul, New Britain).

Location: South Pacific, 1 mile north of Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
(09.24S-160.01E)

51 crewmen lost, 102 survivors picked up by lighters from Guadalcanal.
(Roll of Honor)


Commanding Officers
From
To
Name
June 13, 1918
July 26, 1919
Commander Benyaurd B. Wygant, USN
July 26, 1919
June 28, 1922
Unknown, ship was in reduced commission.
June 5, 1940
Dec. 11, 1940
Lt. Commander Harold R. Demarest, USN
Dec. 11, 1940
July 6, 1942
Lt. Commander Edward C. Loughead, USN
July 6, 1942
Aug. 30, 1942
Lt. Commander George B. Madden, USN
 


Awards
World War I Victory Medal
Combat Action Ribbon
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (2 Battle Stars)
World War II Victory Medal


Battle Stars
From
To
Engagement
Aug. 7, 1942
Aug. 9, 1942
Guadalcanal-Tulagi Landings
Aug. 30, 1942
Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal


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