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USS McCook (DD-252)
The first USS ''McCook'' (DD-252) was a in the United States Navy. Entering service in 1919, the ship had a brief active life before being placed in the reserve fleet. Reactivated for World War II, the ship was transferred to the Royal Navy and then to the Royal Canadian Navy and renamed HMCS ''St. Croix''. Assigned as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic, ''St. Croix'' was torpedoed and sunk on 20 September 1943. Design and description The ''Clemson'' class were the second class of "liberty destroyers" designed and built for the United States Navy. After the entry of the US into World War I, the United States Navy immediately required many escort ships. One of the classes given the moniker "flush deck destroyers", they were basically a repeat with increased fuel storage for greater range. They also had increased anti-submarine warfare armament in response to criticisms of the ''Wickes'' class. The destroyer measured long at the waterline length, waterline and Lengt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick S
Roderick, Rodrick or Roderic (Proto-Germanic ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Hrōþirīks, Hrōþirīks'', from ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrōþiz, hrōþiz'' "fame, glory" + ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīks, ríks'' "king, ruler") is a Germanic name, recorded from the 8th century onward.Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856)740 Its Old High German forms are ''Hrodric, Chrodericus, Hroderich, Roderich, Ruodrich'' (etc.); in Gothic language ''Hrōþireiks''; in Old English language it appears as ''Hrēðrīc'' or ''Hroðrīc'', and in Old Norse as ''Hrǿríkʀ'' (Old East Norse ''Hrø̄rīkʀ'', ''Rø̄rīkʀ'', Old West Norse as ''Hrœrekr, Rœrekr''). In the 12th-century ''Primary chronicle'', the name is reflected as , i.e. ''Rurik''. In Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese, it was rendered as ''Rodrigo'', or in its short form, ''Ruy, Rui, or Ruiz'', and in Galician language, Galician, the name is ''Roi''. In Arab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
