USS Cotten (DD 669): Destroyer, United States Navy, Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, Fletcher Class Abbot, Abner Read

Name: USS Cotten (DD 669): Destroyer, United States Navy, Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, Fletcher Class Abbot, Abner Read
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Bol Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Cotten (DD-669) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Captain Lyman A. Cotten. Cotten was launched 12 June 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. L. A. Cotten, widow of Captain Cotten; and commissioned 24 July 1943, Lieutenant Commander F. T. Sloat in command. Departing Norfolk, Virginia 9 October 1943, Cotten arrived at Pearl Harbor 31 October. Here she joined the 5th Fleet, and on 10 November sortied for the invasion of the Gilbert Islands, screening the escort carriers providing air support and patrolling against submarines off Tarawa. Returning to Pearl Harbor 7 January 1944, she sailed with the vast Fast Carrier Task Force on 16 January for air strikes on the Marshalls on 29 and 30 January. Based at Majuro, Cotten participated in the Truk raid of 16 and 17 February; supported the landings at Emirau Island; and screened the carriers as they launched strikes on Palau, Yap, Ulithi and Woleai between 30 March and 1 April. Continuing her screening, she joined in covering the Hollandia operation from 21 to 24 April and air strikes on Truk, Satawan, and Ponape between 29 April and 1 May.

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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 Cotten (DD-669) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Captain Lyman A. Cotten. Cotten was launched 12 June 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. L. A. Cotten, widow of Captain Cotten; and commissioned 24 July 1943, Lieutenant Commander F. T. Sloat in command. Departing Norfolk, Virginia 9 October 1943, Cotten arrived at Pearl Harbor 31 October. Here she joined the 5th Fleet, and on 10 November sortied for the invasion of the Gilbert Islands, screening the escort carriers providing air support and patrolling against submarines off Tarawa. Returning to Pearl Harbor 7 January 1944, she sailed with the vast Fast Carrier Task Force on 16 January for air strikes on the Marshalls on 29 and 30 January. Based at Majuro, Cotten participated in the Truk raid of 16 and 17 February; supported the landings at Emirau Island; and screened the carriers as they launched strikes on Palau, Yap, Ulithi and Woleai between 30 March and 1 April. Continuing her screening, she joined in covering the Hollandia operation from 21 to 24 April and air strikes on Truk, Satawan, and Ponape between 29 April and 1 May.

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