USS Cook Inlet

USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36) off Houghton, Washington, on 3 November 1944, two days before commissioning.
History
United States
NameUSS Cook Inlet
NamesakeCook Inlet, on the coast of Alaska north of Kodiak
BuilderLake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington
Laid down23 August 1943
Launched13 May 1944
Sponsored byMrs. H. K. Stubbs
Commissioned5 November 1944
Decommissioned31 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
United States
NameUSCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384)
NamesakePrevious name retained
Acquired
  • Loaned by United States Navy to Coast Guard 20 September 1948
  • Transferred permanently from Navy to Coast Guard 26 September 1966
Commissioned15 January 1949
ReclassifiedHigh endurance cutter (WHEC-384) 1 May 1966
Decommissioned21 December 1971[1]
Honors and
awards		Two campaign stars for Vietnam War service
FateTransferred to South Vietnam 21 December 1971
South Vietnam
NameRVNS Trần Quốc Toản (HQ-06)
NamesakeTrần Quốc Toản (1267–1285), a general and prince of the Trần dynasty
Acquired21 December 1971
Fate
Philippines
Acquired5 April 1976
Commissionednever
Fate
  • Cannibilized for spare parts
  • Discarded 1982
General characteristics (seaplane tender)
Class and typeBarnegat-class small seaplane tender
Displacement1,766 tons (light); 2,750 tons (full load)
Length311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draught13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Installed power6000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts)
PropulsionDiesel engines, two shafts
Speed18.6 knots (34 km/h)
Complement
  • 215 (ship's company)
  • 367 (with aviation unit)
Armament
Aviation facilitiesSupplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel
General characteristics (Coast Guard cutter)
Class and typeCasco-class cutter
Displacement2,528.7 tons (full load) in 1966
Length309 ft 10.125 in (94.44038 m) overall; 298 ft 11.125 in (91.11298 m) between perpendiculars
Beam41 ft 0 in (12.50 m) maximum
Draft12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) at full load in 1966
Installed power6,080 bhp (4,530 kW)
PropulsionFairbanks-Morse geared diesel engines, two shafts; 166,601 US gallons (630,650 L) of fuel
Speed
  • 19.4 knots (35.9 km/h) (maximum sustained in 1966)
  • 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h) (economic in 1966)
Range
  • 12,500 nautical miles (23,200 km) at 19.4 knots (35.9 km/h) in 1966
  • 20,800 nautical miles (38,500 km) at 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h) in 1966
Complement151 (10 officers, 3 warrant officers, 138 enlisted personnel) in 1966
Sensors and
processing systems
ArmamentIn 1966: 1 x single 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber Mark 12-1 gun mount; 1 x Mark 52 gunfire control system (GFCS) director; 1 x Mark 26 Mod 1 fire control radar; 1 x Mark 10 Mod 1 antisubmarine projector; 2 x Mark 32 Mod 5 torpedo launchers
General characteristics (South Vietnamese frigate)
Class and typeTrần Quang Khải-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,766 tons (standard)
  • 2,800 tons (full load)
Length310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) (overall); 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m) waterline
Beam41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draft13 ft 5 in (4.09 m)
Installed power6,080 horsepower (4.54 megawatts)
Propulsion2 x Fairbanks Morse 38D diesel engines
Speedapproximately 18 knots (maximum)
Complementapproximately 200
Armament

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 and earned one battle star for her service. After the war, she was transferred to the United States Coast Guard, and was in commission as the Coast Guard cutter USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384), later WHEC-384, from 1949 to 1971. She saw service in the Vietnam War during her Coast Guard career, receiving two campaign stars for her operations during the conflict. Transferred to South Vietnam in 1971, she operated as the Republic of Vietnam Navy frigate RVNS Trần Quốc Toản (HQ-06) until South Vietnam's collapse in April 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War. She fled to the Philippines and in 1976 was transferred to the Philippine Navy, which never commissioned her, instead using her as a source of spare parts for her sister ships, the Andrés Bonifacio-class frigates, before discarding her in 1982.

  1. ^ Per the U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office (see http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/BeringStrait1948.asp Archived 24 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine), although NavSource.org (see http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/43/4334.htm Archived 7 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine) claims the Coast Guard decommissioned Cook Inlet on 27 December 1970.
  2. ^ Sources do not specify which ships of the class mounted mortars or how many they mounted; see Jane's Fighting Ship 1973-1974, p. 592.