USS Cook (FF-1083)
USS Cook (FF-1083) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Cook |
| Namesake | Wilmer P. Cook |
| Ordered | 25 August 1966 |
| Builder | Avondale Shipyard, Bridge City, Louisiana |
| Laid down | 20 March 1970 |
| Launched | 23 January 1971 |
| Acquired | 9 December 1971 |
| Commissioned | 18 December 1971 |
| Decommissioned | 30 April 1992 |
| Stricken | 11 January 1995 |
| Homeport | San Diego |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Above All Duty |
| Fate | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred to Taiwan, 29 September 1999, retired in 2015 and sunk as target in 2020. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement | 3,201 tons (4,182 full load) |
| Length | 438 ft (134 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | over 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
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USS Cook (FF-1083) was a Knox-class frigate built for the United States Navy by Avondale Shipyard, Bridge City, Louisiana.
The ship was named after Lieutenant Commander Wilmer P. Cook, USN, a Douglas A-4E Skyhawk aviator from Attack Squadron 155 aboard Coral Sea. On 22 December 1967, LCdr. Cook launched on a combat mission over North Vietnam. LCdr. Cook was killed when he ejected from his burning aircraft, a rescue helicopter was unable to recover his body when it came under heavy fire.