&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Langley_(CV-1)_and_USS_Cole_(DD-155)_underway_in_the_South_Pacific,_circa_in_the_mid-1930s.jpg) USS Cole and USS Langley underway in the South Pacific.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Cole |
| Namesake | Edward B. Cole |
| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 470 |
| Laid down | 25 June 1918 |
| Launched | 11 January 1919 |
| Commissioned | 19 June 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 10 July 1922 |
| Identification | DD-155 |
| Commissioned | 1 May 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 1 November 1945 |
| Reclassified | AG-116 30 June 1945 |
| Stricken | 16 November 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 6 October 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,090 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
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USS Cole (DD-155) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II, later reclassified as AG-116. It was named for Edward B. Cole, a United States Marine Corps officer who died as a result of the wounds he received at the Battle of Belleau Wood.
Cole was launched 11 January 1919, by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia sponsored by Mrs. E. B. Cole, and commissioned 19 June 1919.