USS Coates (DE-685)
 USS Coates (DE-685) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II and later in the 1950s and 1960s.Coates was launched 12 December 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Company Quincy Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. A. M. Bledsoe wife of Captain Bledsoe; commissioned 24 January 1944 Lieutenant W. S. Wills USNR in command; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.