USS Cummings (DD-44)
USS Cummings (DD-44) at anchor, circa 1916.
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United States | |
Name | Cummings |
Namesake | Lieutenant commander Andrew Boyd Cummings |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Cost | $776,910.48[1] |
Laid down | 21 May 1912 |
Launched | 6 August 1913 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. H. Beates, Jr., niece of Lieutenant Commander Cummings |
Commissioned | 19 September 1913 |
Decommissioned | 23 June 1922 |
Stricken | 5 July 1934 |
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Notes | Cummings lost her name to new construction 1 July 1933 |
United States | |
Name | Cummings |
Acquired | 6 June 1924[2] |
Commissioned | 15 May 1925[2] |
Decommissioned | 30 April 1932[2] |
Identification | Hull symbol:CG-3 |
Fate | transferred back to the United States Navy, 23 May 1932 |
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Class and type | Cassin-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,020 long tons (1,040 t) |
Length | 305 ft 3 in (93.04 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 2 in (9.50 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) (mean)[6] |
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The first USS Cummings (DD-44) was a Cassin-class destroyer used by the United States Navy during World War I. She was later transferred to the United States Coast Guard, where she was designated CG-3. She was named for Lieutenant Commander Andrew Boyd Cummings.
Cummings was launched on 6 August 1913 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. H. Beates, Jr., niece of Lieutenant Commander Cummings; and commissioned on 19 September 1913.
Pre-World War I
Departing Boston in November 1913, Cummings cruised along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean until the following June, when she joined the Neutrality Patrol and cruised off the coast until the United States entered into World War I.
World War I
Arriving at
Inter-war period
Cummings departed French waters on 16 December 1918, and from 6–9 April 1919 she joined in destroyer maneuvers and gunnery exercises at
Transferred to the
Cummings was returned to the Navy on 23 May 1932 and sold on 22 August 1934 for scrapping in accordance with the London Naval Treaty.
References
- ^ "Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
- ^ a b c Record of Movements Vessels of the United States Coast Guard 1790 -December 31, 1933 (PDF). Washington: TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 1989. p. 445.
- ^ "USS Cummings (DD-44)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ "Table 16 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 749. 1921.
- ^ a b c "Cummings (CG-3)" (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard Webcuttes. U. S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Cummings at NavSource Naval History