USS Rooks (DD-804) - BACH Cochrane

BACH Cochrane

The ship served in the Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile) as BACH Cochrane, named after Admiral Thomas Cochrane (1775–1860), who commanded the Chilean navy (1817–1822).

Cochrane was stricken and broken up for scrap in 1983.

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