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 1 May 1941 at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Washington; launched 30 April 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Reed Knox, granddaughter of Comdr. McCook; and commissioned 15 March 1943, Lt.Comdr. S. G. Anderson, in command.
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“The Indian remarked as before, “Must have hard wood to cook moose-meat,” as if that were a maxim, and proceeded to get it. My companion cooked some in California fashion, winding a long string of the meat round a stick and slowly turning it in his hand before the fire. It was very good. But the Indian, not approving of the mode, or because he was not allowed to cook it his own way, would not taste it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)