USN · Captain

Cooper, Hysell Prater

Portrait via NavSource Naval History (https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/../02/people/cooper_hysell_p.jpg); presumed official U.S. Navy photograph, public domain as a U.S. government work. Status not individually verified.

Ships

USS Breton (CVE-23) Captain from 4 July 1945 · Relieved on 30 August 1946

Captain Hysell Prater Cooper was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1927. He commanded USS Breton (CVE-23) from 4 July 1945 to 30 August 1946. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of rear admiral.

Sources: NavSource CVE-23 COs (navsource.org).