USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36)
USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36) off Houghton, Washington, on 3 November 1944, two days before commissioning. |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Cook Inlet |
| Namesake: | Cook Inlet, on the coast of Alaska north of Kodiak |
| Builder: | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington |
| Laid down: | 23 August 1943 |
| Launched: | 13 May 1944 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. H. K. Stubbs |
| Commissioned: | 5 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 March 1946 |
| Honors and awards: |
One battle star for World War II service |
| Fate: | Loaned to U.S. Coast Guard 20 September 1948 Transferred permanently to Coast Guard 26 September 1966 Transferred to South Vietnam 27 December 1971 Taken over by Republic of the Philippines April 1975 Formally transferred to Philippines April 1976 Discarded in 1982 and probably scrapped |
| Notes: | Served as Coast Guard cutter USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384), later WHEC-384, 1949-1971 Served as South Vietnamese patrol vessel RVNS Tran Quoc Toan (HQ-06) 1971-1975 Cannibalized for spare parts by Philippine Navy without entering service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Barnegat-class small seaplane tender |
| Displacement: | 1,766 tons (light); 2,750 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Installed power: | 6000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel engines, two shafts |
| Speed: | 18.6 knots (34 km/h) |
| Complement: | 215 (ship's company) 367 (with aviation unit) |
| Armament: | 1 x single 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber dual-purpose gun mount 1 x quad 40-mm antiaircraft gun mount 2 x dual 40-mm antiaircraft gun mounts 4 x dual 20-mm antiaircraft gun mounts 2 x depth charge tracks |
| Aviation facilities: | Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel |
USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946. She tended seaplanes during World War II in the Pacific in combat areas and earned one battle star for her service.
Read more about USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36): Construction and Commissioning, World War II Pacific Theater Operations, Post-World War II U.S. Navy Service, Decommissioning, United States Coast Guard Service
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