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USS McCook
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS ''McCook'' for Commander Roderick S. McCook Commander Roderick Sheldon McCook (10 March 1839 – 13 February 1886) was an officer in the United States Navy. He was a member of the famed family of American Civil War soldiers and sailors, the "Fighting McCooks." Biography Born at New Lisbo ... (1839 – 1886). *, was a , commissioned in 1919 and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS ''St. Croix''. *, was a , commissioned in 1943 and decommissioned in 1949 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mccook United States Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of its active battle fleet alone exceeding the next 13 navies combined, including 11 allies or partner nations of the United States as of 2015. It has the highest combined battle fleet tonnage (4,635,628 tonnes as of 2019) and the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with eleven in service, two new carriers under construction, and five other carriers planned. With 336,978 personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve, the United States Navy is the third largest of the United States military service branches in terms of personnel. It has 290 deployable combat vessels and more than 2,623 operational aircraft . The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revo ... [...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] |
