USS Colhoun (i) (APD 2)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Wickes
Pennant	APD 2
Mod	High speed transport
Built by	Fore River Shipbuilding Co. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	19 Sep 1917
Launched	21 Feb 1918
Commissioned	13 Jun 1918
Lost	30 Aug 1942
Loss position	9° 24'S, 160° 01'E

History	Placed in reduced commission in 1919 until decommissioned at Philadelphia 28 June 28 1922 Colhoun was towed to Norfolk on 5 June 1940 for conversion into a high speed transport Reclassified APD-2 on 2 August 2 1940 Recommissioned 11 December 1940 USS Colhoun (Lt Cmdr George Bernard Madden) was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal in position 09º24'S, 160º01'E. 51 of the crew were killed and 21 wounded, amongst the 77 survivors rescued by USS Meade was the Commanding officer.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Harold Raymond Demarest, USN	11 Dec 1940	30 Sep 1941
2	Lt.Cdr. Edward Christian Loughead, USN	30 Sep 1941	7 Jul 1942 (1)
3	T/Lt.Cdr. George Bernard Madden, USN	7 Jul 1942	30 Aug 1942

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