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Sailors from USS Missouri cheer to honor Prince Philip as he passes by aboard HMAS Cook in 1986

HMAS Cook (A-219), named for Captain James Cook, was an oceanographic survey vessel laid down by HMA Naval Dockyard at Williamstown in Victoria on 30 September 1974, launched on 27 August 1977 and commissioned on 30 April 1981. HMAS Cook paid off on 31 October 1990 and was sold for conversion to a merchant vessel.