USS Cook (FF-1083)
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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.
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History | |
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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 |
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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 and 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 and 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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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.[1]