World War II

Coghlan earned 8 bronze service stars on her Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon during World War II as follows:
Ormoc Bay landings: 12–13 December 1944.
1 Star ALEUTIAN ISLANDS OPERATION
Komandorski Islands: 26 March 1943.
Attu occupation: 11 May–2 June 1943.
1 Star PACIFIC RAIDS
Tarawa Island raid: 18 September 1943.
Wake Island raid: 5 October 1943.
1 Star GILBERT ISLANDS OPERATION
21 November–8 December 1943.
1 Star MARSHALL ISLANDS OPERATION
Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls: 31 January–8 February 1944.
Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll: 24 February–2 March 1944.
1 Star MARIANA ISLANDS OPERATION
Capture and occupation of Saipan: 15 June–7 August 1944.
1 Star TINIAN CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION
24 July–1 August 1944.
1 Star LEYTE OPERATION
Leyte landings: 8–29 November 1944.
1 Star LUZON OPERATION
Lingayen Gulf landing: 4–18 January 1944.