Damon Warren "Hutch" Cooper (27 April 1919 – 19 November 1985) was a United States Navy Vice admiral who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s, including as the Commander, Task Force 77 during the late stages of the Vietnam War.

[1] In September 1945 he reported as navigator on board USS Kasaan Bay and from July 1946 to September 1947 was a student at the Naval Intelligence School, Washington D.C. he next served as intelligence officer on the staff of Commander Air Force, Pacific Fleet and in October 1949 assumed duty as assistant training officer and officer in charge of Advanced Training Unit Four at Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Cabaniss Field, Corpus Christi, Texas.

[1] During the Korean War he served as intelligence officer on board USS Philippine Sea from August 1950 to January 1951.

[1] He served in the office of the Chief of Naval Operation as head of Aviation Armament Section in the Air Warfare Division from March 1953 to February 1955.

[1] While commanding the Ticonderoga in August 1964 the carrier participated in the Gulf of Tonkin incident launching F-8 Crusader fighters that attacked North Vietnamese Vietnam People's Navy P 4-class torpedo boats.

Ticonderoga and USS Constellation later launched the retaliatory Operation Pierce Arrow attacks on North Vietnamese targets.

[1] In December 1971, he led Task Force 74 aboard USS Enterprise to the Indian Ocean following the outbreak of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

[5]: 178  In addition, Task Force 77 planes mined North Vietnamese ports and waterways in Operation Pocket Money.