USS Cofer (DE-208/APD-62), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of John Joseph Cofer (1919-1942), who was killed in action on 13 November 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, while serving aboard the destroyer USS Aaron Ward. Cofer was launched on 6 September 1943 by Charleston Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. M. J. Cofer, mother of Seaman First Class Cofer; and commissioned on 19 January 1944, Lieutenant Commander Alvin P. Chester in command.
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