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USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36)
USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384 / WHEC-384)

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Lima - Whiskey
 NYLW

USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36) was transferred to the US Coast Guard and commissioned USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (21 December 1971) Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (2) - Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

USCGC Cook Inlet (WHEC-384) was transferred to South Vietnam and renamed RVNS Tran Quang Toan (HQ-6) and later transferred to the Philippines
Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender:
  • Laid down , 23 August 1943, at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA.
  • Launched, 13 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36), 5 November 1944, CDR. W. P. Woods in command
  • During World War II Cook Inlet was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
  • Decommissioned, 31 March 1946
  • Loaned to the US Coast Guard in September 1948
  • Commissioned USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384), 15 January 1949
  • Redesignated High Endurance Cutter (WHEC-384), 1 May 1966
  • During the Vietnam War Cook Inlet (WHEC-384) was assigned to Coast Guard Squadron Three, Vietnam, from 2 July to 21 December 1971 and participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Consolidation I
    16 July to 9 August 1971
    27 August to 15 September 1971
    1 to 24 October 1971
    22 to 30 November 1971     		Consolidation II
    1 to 15 December 1971

  • Decommissioned, 27 December 1971, and transferred to South Vietnam, renamed RVNS Tran Quang Toan (HQ-6)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown
  • Final Disposition, custody assumed by the Philippines in April 1976, but never commissioned in Philippine Navy, used for spare parts
  • Cook Inlet received one battle star for World War II service and two campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,766 t.(lt) 2,528 t.(fl)
    Length 309' 10"
    Beam 41'
    Draft 12' 6"
    Speed 19.4 kts.
    USCG Complement 10 officers, 3 warrant officers, 138 enlisted
    Armament
    USN
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    one quad 40mm AA gun mount
    two dual 40mm AA gun mounts
    four dual 20mm AA gun mounts
    USCG
    one single 5"/38 MK 30-70 dual purpose gun mount
    one MK 26 Mod 1 Fire Control Radar
    one MK 10 Mod 1 A/S Projector
    two MK32 Mod 5 torpedo Tubes
    Electronics
    Radar: SPS-23, SPS-29B; SPS-4B; SPS-52
    Sonar: SQS-1
    Propulsion Fairbanks-Morse, direct reversing diesels, two shafts, 6,080hp
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    USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36)
    Cook Inlet 136k Cook Inlet (AVP-36) being launched at the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 13 May 1944.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-68236. A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives         		US Naval Historical Center
    Cook Inlet 73k Cook Inlet (AVP-36) photographed off Houghton, WA., 3 November 1944, two days before commissioning. She has a main armament of 1-5"/38 gun and carries boats on her otherwise clear fantail. Note her camouflage measure 33/1F.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-79525. A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives         		US Naval Historical Center
    Cook Inlet 96k Cook Inlet (AVP-36) photographed off Houghton, WA., 3 November 1944, two days before commissioning. Note her camouflage measure 33/1F.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-79526 A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives         		US Naval Historical Center
    USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384) (WHEC-384)
    Cook Inlet 125k Amidships looking forward plan view of USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 24 January 1949. Cook Inlet was under repair at the shipyard from 17 September to 27 October 1948.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 2884-1-49, 1/24/49    		 Darryl Baker
    Cook Inlet 193k Amidships looking aft plan view of USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 24 January 1949.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 2886-1-49, 1/24/49    		 Darryl Baker
    Cook Inlet 118k Broadside view of USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384) off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 24 January 1949.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 2890-1-49, 1/24/49    		 Darryl Baker
    Cook Inlet 59k USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384) underway in 1949, place unknown. US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Cook Inlet 84k USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384) underway, date and place unknown. US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Cook Inlet 38k USCGC Cook Inlet (WHEC-384) underway, date and place unknown. Ken Laesser
    RVNS Tran Quang Toan (HQ-6)
    Bering Strait 69k Ex-Cook Inlet (AVP-36) now in South Vietnamese service as RVNS Tran Quang Toan (HQ-6) in moored outboard of ex-Bearing Strait (AVP-34) in South Vietnamese service as RVNS Tran Quang Khia (HQ-2). The outboard ship is ex-Castle Rock (AVP-35) in South Vietnamese service as RVNS Tran Binh Trong (HQ-5) at Saigon, May 1972. © Richard Leonhardt
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - USCG Cook Inlet WHEC-384
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