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| Description | The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Coos Bay (WHEC-376) being sunk as a target on 9 January 1968 200 km (120 mi) off the coast of Virginia (USA). Originally USS Coos Bay (AVP-25) was a Barnegat-class small seaplane tender commissioned by the U.S. Navy for use in the Second World War. From 1949 to 1966 she was loaned to the U.S. Coast Guard, first designated WAVP-376, later WHEC-376. After her return to the Navy, the Coos Bay was struck from the Naval Register and on 9 January 1968 she was used as target by the guided missile destroyer USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5), using a RIM-2 Tartar missile. Later she was attacked by 35 aircraft, and finally sunk by a AGM-12 Bullpup missile, fired by a Vought A-7A Corsair II. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News April 1968 [1] |
| Author | USN |
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