USS Cook (FF-1083)

Career (US)
USS Cook (FF-1083)
Class and type:	Knox-class frigate
Ordered:	August 25, 1966
Builder:	Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down:	March 20, 1970
Launched:	January 23, 1971
Acquired:	December 09, 1971
Commissioned:	December 18, 1971
Decommissioned:	April 30, 1992
Struck:	January 11, 1995
Status:	Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred to Taiwan September 29, 1999
General Characteristics
Displacement:	3,201 tons (4,182 full load)
Length:	438 ft (133.5 m)
Beam:	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught:	24 ft 9 in (7.6 m)
Propulsion:	2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 SHP (26 MW)
Speed:	over 27 knots
Complement:	18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
Electronic warfare and decoys:	AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament:	one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers) one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles (later removed)
Aircraft carried:	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter
Motto:	Duty Above All

The USS Cook (FF-1083) was a Knox class frigate built for the United States Navy by Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana. Her keel was laid March 20, 1970, she was launched January 23, 1971 and delivered December 09, 1971. Cook was commissioned December 18, 1971 and decommissioned April 30, 1992. She was struck January 11, 1995 and disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred to Taiwan September 29, 1999.