USS McCook (DD-496)

USS McCook off Philadelphia Navy Yard, 12 July 1945
History
United States
Name	McCook
Namesake	Roderick S. McCook
Builder	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	1 May 1941
Launched	30 April 1942
Commissioned	15 March 1943
Identification	DD-496
Reclassified	DMS-36, 30 May 1945
Decommissioned	27 May 1949
Stricken	15 January 1972
Fate	Sold 27 August 1973 and broken up for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW); 4 boilers; 2 propellers
Speed	37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	5 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns,   6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) guns,   6 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes,   2 × depth charge tracks

USS McCook (DD-496), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commander Roderick S. McCook (1839–1886), who was an officer in the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

McCook was laid down on 1 May 1941 at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Washington and launched on 30 April 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Reed Knox, granddaughter of Comdr. McCook. The ship was commissioned on 15 March 1943.