USS Cochrane - History

DANFS Ships History 2017

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Cochrane (DDG-21)

1964–1990

Edward Lull Cochrane was born on 18 March 1892 to Brig. Gen. Henry C. Cochrane, USMC, and Elizabeth F. L. Cochrane at Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif. After his retirement from the Marine Corps on 10 March 1905, Henry Cochrane moved the family back to his hometown of Chester, Pa. Edward attended Chester High School before entering the University of Pennsylvania. In 1910, he received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. by the U.S. Representative for the Seventh District of Pennsylvania Thomas S. Butler.

While at the academy, the young midshipman excelled as a member of the Fencing Team. In addition to serving as the Vice President of the Intercollegiate Fencing Association, Cochrane was the team's manager and Sabre Champion for 1913 and 1914. In his final year at the academy, he was the most proficient in great gun target practice, ordnance or gunnery (1914). An achievement commemorated by having his name engraved on the cup presented annually by the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Cochrane graduated with distinction from Annapolis second in a class of 154 and received his commission on 6 June 1914.

Ships History

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SHIPS HISTORY, USS COCHRANE DDG-21

The Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company laid the keel for the USS COCHRANE (DDG-21) on 31 July 1961 in Seattle, Washington. This venerable old ship building company had been building ships in Seattle since 1898 (Note 1). As she took form she became a shipbuilder’s dream, with the elegant sheer of her bow and the classic lines of a Destroyer. She was named for the Navy's supervisor of shipbuilding during World War II, Vice Admiral Edward Lull Cochrane. The first ship of the Navy to bear his name, USS COCHRANE was the twentieth unit of the CHARLES F. ADAMS (DDG-2) class to be built for the United States Navy. Over 1,500,000 man-hours would go into her construction. The hull that would become USS COCHRANE slid into the water on 18 July 1962. Tradition holds that the spirit of her sponsors, Mrs. Richard L. Cochrane and Mrs. Edward L. Cochrane Jr., became infused into her that day. She sat waterborne at the building yard while finishing touches were added.

Edward Lull Cochrane

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EDWARD LULL COCHRANE

Edward Lull Cochrane was born in Mare Island, California, on March 18, 1892. Son of Brigadier General Henry Clay Cochrane, USMC Retired and Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson Lull Cochrane. He attended Chester, (Pennsylvania) High School and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, prior to entering the U.S. Naval Academy.

Commanding Officers

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COMMANDING OFFICERS

The following is a list of the Cochranes commanding officers from commissioning to de-commissioning.

CDR F.W. Benson, JR. 3/64 - 7/65	CDR W.C. Neel 9/71 - 1/72	CDR R.D. Tucker 10/79 - 11/81
CDR J.J. Shanahan 7/65 - 1/67	CDR R.K.U.Kihune 1/72 - 6/73	CDR J.F. Shanahan 11/81 - 1/84
CDR T.I. Kolstad 1/67 - 6/68	CDR J.E. Boland 6/73 - 9/75	CDR D.C. Blair 1/84 - 5/86
CDR J.F. Addams 6/68 - 2/70	CDR M.G. Clarity 9/75 - 10/77	CDR W.J. McCarthy,IV 5/86 - 4/88
CDR S.J.Hostetter 2/70 - 9/71	CDR M.C. Gaston 10/77 - 10/79	CDR J.W. Stratton 4/88 - 10/90

The Cochrane Crest

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THE COCHRANE CREST

The name COCHRANE, which dates back to the middle 1200's, is long established in the Scottish peerage. Waldeve de COCHRANE (or Coveran) whose name appears on a Scottish land grant in 1262, is the first person of record in the COCHRANE line. In 1647, William Cochrane was granted the title of Baron. Lord Cochrane of Dundonald became his title in 1669, when he was elevated to the title of Earl. The exact years when members of the family settled in America are uncertain; however, it is known that several daughters and sons of the eighth and ninth Earls of Dundonald were married in New York prior to 1775.