USS Cook (FF-1083)

December 18, 1971 - April 30, 1992

4100 ts

133.5 meters

14.25 meters

7.6 meters

17 officers, 228 sailors

1 propeller, 1 gear turbine, two boilers; 35,000 shaft horsepower

27 nodes

4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots

The USS Cook ( DE/FF-1083 ) was a frigate of the Knox class. She stood from 1971 to 1992 in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named for Lieutenant Commander Wilmer Paul Cook ( born October 1, 1932 in Annapolis, Maryland; † 22 December 1967 on Vietnam), a naval aviator who was shot down in 1967 during an attack on Vietnam deployment of enemy air defenses.

History

The Cook was laid on March 20, 1970 at Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana on Kiel. The launch took place on January 23, 1971, commissioned into the Navy on 18 December 1971.

The ship was used in the Pacific Fleet, the home port was San Diego, California.

End of April 1975, Cook was involved in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon. On May 14, 1979, came into collision at sea between the frigate and the tanker USNS Mars (T- AFS 1), were injured in the seven sailors on board during refueling.

On 30 April 1992, the frigate was decommissioned, it still remained until January 11, 1995 in the register of ships of the Navy. The ship was leased to Taiwan, where it was placed as Hae Yang (FF -936 ) in service on 31 May 1994. Taiwan acquired the ship on 29 September 1999 completely and uses it to this day.