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| Keywords: AVP-25 sinking 1968 1.jpg 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 U S Navy Naval Aviation News April 1968 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1960s/1968/Apr68 pdf 1968-01-09 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Casco class cutters Coos Bay Ship disasters in 1968 Sinking exercises USS Coos Bay AVP-25 ship 1942 | ||||
