High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Walter B. Cobb (DE-596/APD-106) was a Crosley-class high speed transport of the United States Navy, named after Coxswain Walter B. Cobb (1919 - 1942), who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his gallant service in the Battle of Savo Island aboard USS Mugford (DD-389) and USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390). Cobb was a Pearl Harbor Survivor on USS West Virginia (BB-48). He went on to serve on USS Mugford where, on August 7, 1942, he was blown off the ship during a Japanese aerial attack. Uninjured, he was picked up by USS Ralph Talbot. On August 9, the Ralph Talbot was hit by a Japanese aerial attack in which Cobb was killed.