USS Rooks
id:
uss-rooks-168-7199967
title:
USS Rooks
text:
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.
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Fletcher-class destroyer
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Rooks
date created:
2005-12-03T00:33:15Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T21:49:25Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1491896","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1491896"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/USS_Rooks_%28DD-804%29_underway_in_Puget_Sound_on_16_September_1944_%28BS_71430%29.jpg","width":950,"height":479}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16