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U.S.S. MCCOOK

(DD-496)


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DD-496 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1941-Keel Date: 1 MAY 1941
at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
APR1942-Launch Date: 30 APR 1942
MAR1943-Commissioned: 15 MAR 1943
MAY1949-Decommissioned: 27 MAY 1949

DD-496 General Specifications

Class: Gleaves-class destroyer

Complement: 16 Officers and 260 Enlisted

Displacement: 1630 tons

Length: 348 feet 3 inches

Beam: 36 feet 1 inches

Draft: 11 feet 10 in

Range: 6 500 nautical miles

Final Disposition: Sold 27 August 1973 andbroken up for scrap