USS Cooper (DD-695)
| Navy | US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Sumner |
| Pennant | DD 695 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Laid down | 30 Aug 1943 |
| Launched | 9 Feb 1944 |
| Commissioned | 27 Mar 1944 |
| Lost | 3 Dec 1944 |
| Loss position | sank almost instantly in position 10°54'N, 124°36'E , |
| History | During a naval attack in Ormoc Bay, Leyte, USS Cooper was with the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) and USS Moale (DD 693) when a torpedo from the Japanese destroyer Take hit the USS Cooper on her starboard side, breaking her in two. killing 191 crewmen. 168 men were rescued by PBY Catalina flying boats which includes the Commanding officer Commander Mell Andrew Peterson apparently all the crew were wounded or injured as a result of the sinking. |
