USS Cook ( APD - 130 ) USS " Cook " ( APD - 130 ) was a of the United States Navy , named after two brothers : Second Lieutenant Andrew F . Cook , Jr . ( 1920 – 1942 ) and Sergeant Dallas H . Cook ( 1921 – 1942 ) . Both served in the Marine Corps , and both were awarded the Navy Cross , posthumously . " Cook " was laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City , Michigan on 7 May 1944 and partially completed as a with the hull number DE - 714 . A month before launching , on 17 July 1944 , it was decided that " Cook " would be completed as a high - speed transport , with the designation APD - 130 . She was launched on 26 August 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . A . F . Cook , mother of Second Lieutenant Cook and Sergeant Cook . She was commissioned on 25 April 1945 , at the Todd - Johnson Dry Dock Company in New Orleans , Louisiana , with Lieutenant Commander D . N . Hamilton , USNR , in command . Service history . 1945 – 1946 . " Cook " sailed from Norfolk , Virginia , on 19 June 1945 for San Diego , arriving there on 2 July for training . On 20 September , she arrived at Tokyo carrying men of the Underwater Demolition Team s . After transporting troops to Okinawa , " Cook " reconnoitered and landed UDT 20 at Hakodate , Hokkaidō before its occupation on 27 September . She sailed home from Yokohama by way of Guam , Eniwetok , and Pearl Harbor , to San Diego , arriving there in 13 November . After repairs , she spent the month of January transporting troops along the west coast . " Cook " was placed out of commission in reserve on 31 May 1946 , berthed at San Diego . 1953 – 1969 . " Cook " was recommissioned on 6 October 1953 , and took part in training and landing exercises off San Diego . She entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard for conversion to an APD flagship between 28 November 1953 and 15 March 1954 , and continued training operations out of San Diego until 19 November , when she sailed for the Far East . After participating in amphibious exercises on the west coast of Korea , she operated from 21 January 1955 to 19 May as flagship for " Operation Passage to Freedom " , the evacuation of refugees from North Vietnam . " Cook " returned to San Diego on 12 June 1955 , and sailed in various landing and training exercises as primary control vessel or anti - submarine ship . In November , she joined in a combined amphibious operation with Canadian forces . Local operations off California , including a period of service as a submarine target vessel , continued until 21 March 1956 , when she sailed to Kauai , Hawaii , for an amphibious exercise in which she served as control vessel . " Cook " returned to San Diego on 23 April 1956 for maintenance anti - submarine exercises , and public orientation cruises , until 22 August 1957 , when she departed for a tour of duty in the western Pacific based at Yokosuka . She stood by off Borneo during the Indonesian crisis from 14 to 22 December . Back home in San Diego on 10 April 1958 , " Cook " participated in operations along the west coast , including major interservice exercises , and between 13 October 1959 and 29 April 1960 cruised in the Far East once more . Returning to the United States , " Cook " operated along the west coast for the remainder of 1960 . " Cook " made three cruises to Vietnam between 1966 and 1969 , carrying underwater demolition teams . " Cook " was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 November 1969 , and sold for scrapping on 24 July 1970 , to National Metal and Steel Corporation , Terminal Island , California .