On 17 February 1945 Cook left Bay City, Michigan for New Orleans, Louisiana by way of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River for outfitting. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the raid. He was promoted to sergeant on and was killed in action in the Raid on Makin Island on 18 August 1942. After service at Quantico, Guantanamo Bay and Puerto Rico, he served in the field from 14 February 1942. He was killed in action in the Guadalcanal Campaign on 4 November 1942, receiving the Navy Cross for gallantry and self-sacrifice in the action in which he died.Īndrew Cook's younger brother, Dallas Harry Cook was born on. He served in the field from, and he was promoted to second lieutenant on 14 July 1942. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on 15 September 1938. was born on 2 January 1920 in Alpoca, West Virginia. Hamilton, USNR, in command.Īndrew Fred Cook Jr. She was commissioned on 25 April 1945, at the Todd-Johnson Dry Dock Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, with Lieutenant Commander D. Cook, mother of Second Lieutenant Cook and Sergeant Cook.
She was launched on 26 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. 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. Both served in the Marine Corps, and both were awarded the Navy Cross, posthumously.Ĭook was laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan on and partially completed as a Rudderow-class destroyer escort with the hull number DE-714. USS Cook (APD-130) was a Crosley-class high speed transport of the United States Navy, named after two brothers: Second Lieutenant Andrew F. Turbo-electric drive with 2 × General Electric steam turbines.Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
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