USS Rooks

USS Rooks in 1944
History
United States
Name	Rooks
Namesake	Albert H. Rooks
Builder	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle
Laid down	27 October 1943
Launched	6 June 1944
Commissioned	2 September 1944
Decommissioned	26 July 1962
Stricken	1 September 1975
Identification	DD-804
Fate	Transferred to Chile, 26 July 1962
Chile
Name	Cochrane
Namesake	Thomas Cochrane
Acquired	26 July 1962
Stricken	1983
Fate	Scrapped, 1983
General characteristics
Class and type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	376 ft 5 in (114.73 m)
Beam	39 ft 7 in (12.07 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW); Geared turbines; 2 propellers
Speed	37 kn (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	319
Armament	5 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns, 10 × 40 mm AA guns, 7 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Rooks (DD-804) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Captain Albert H. Rooks (1891–1942) who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor after the Battle of Sunda Strait.

Rooks was laid down on 27 October 1943 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington; launched on 6 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Edith R. Rooks, widow of Captain Rooks; and commissioned on 2 September 1944.