Sunk As Target
Coos Bay was struck from the Naval Register. The Navy towed her from Curtis Bay to a point 120 nautical miles (220 km) off the coast of Virginia, where on 9 January 1968 guided missile destroyer USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5), one other Navy ship, and 35 aircraft sank her as a target.
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