Eniwetok, the destroyer returned to Saipan 17 July to support the landings at Tinian 24 July. After offering fire support until the island was secured 1 August, Coghlan sailed for a brief overhaul at Pearl Harbor. Coghlan arrived at Manus 8 October, and sailed for the operations in the Philippines 6 November. She conducted convoy escort duty from Humboldt Bay and Palau to Leyte, and supported the landings at Ormoc Bay on 7 and 8 December, firing in the heavy kamikaze attack on the first day. On 9 January 1945 she entered Lingayen Gulf for patrol and screening operations in support of the landings. She continued to operate in the Philippines until 8 April, when she cleared San Pedro Bay for a stateside overhaul. She returned to Pearl Harbor 22 July, and on 26 August arrived at Okinawa for occupation duty, carrying passengers, mail, and light freight between Okinawa and Japan. On 23 October she sailed for Pearl Harbor, San Diego, and Charleston, South Carolina, where she arrived 2 December. After overhaul and a year of inactivity, Coghlan was decommissioned and placed in reserve 31 March 1947. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 July 1971 and sold for scrap in 1974. Awards Coghlan received eight battle stars for World War II service. References External links USS Coghlan website at Destroyer History Foundation Benson-class destroyers Ships built in San Francisco 1942 ships World War II destroyers of the United States Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign