USS McCook (DD-252)

USS McCook
History
United States
Name	USS McCook
Namesake	Roderick S. McCook
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy
Laid down	10 September 1918
Launched	31 January 1919
Commissioned	30 April 1919
Decommissioned	24 September 1940
Stricken	8 January 1941
Identification	DD-252
Fate	Transferred to the United Kingdom then Canada, 24 September 1940
Canada
Name	HMCS St. Croix
Namesake	St. Croix River
Acquired	24 September 1940
Identification	I81
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1940-43
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by U-305, 20 September 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Clemson-class destroyer
Displacement	1,190 tons (1,209 t)
Length	314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Beam	31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft	9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
Propulsion	26,500 shp (19,800 kW) Geared turbines 2 screws
Speed	35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	120 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 x 4 in (102 mm) guns 2 x 3 in (76 mm) guns 12 x 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

The first USS McCook (DD-252) was a Clemson-class destroyer 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.