USS South Carolina and Michigan were revolutionary at the time, in the U.S., as the nation’s first dreadnoughts. The term was coined after the Royal Navy launched the HMS Dreadnought in 1906.

USS Cooperstown is assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron 2. (Aaron J. Ruther/U.S. Navy) The USS Cooperstown rescued a person in distress off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday.