USS Cummings (DD-365)
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| Namesake: | Andrew Boyd Cummings |
| Builder: | United Shipyards, Incorporated, Staten Island, New York |
| Laid down: | 26 June 1934 |
| Launched: | 11 December 1935 |
| Commissioned: | 25 November 1936 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 December 1945 |
| Struck: | 28 January 1947 |
| Fate: | Sold, 17 July 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Mahan class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,500 tons |
| Length: | 341 ft 4 in(104.04 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (10.67 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 10 in (3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbine |
| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h) |
| Complement: | 158 officers and crew |
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The second USS Cummings (DD-365) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy, named for Andrew Boyd Cummings. She was a Pacific-based vessel, performing patrol and escort duties before and during World War II. The ship was present at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941, though she escaped major damage or casualties. Cummings was decommissioned in 1945 and sold for scrap in 1947.
Cummings was launched 11 December 1935 at the United Shipyards, Inc., New York. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. W. W. Mills, niece of Lieutenant Commander Cummings, and commissioned 25 November 1936, with Commander C. P. Cecil in command.
Departing New York 29 September 1937, Cummings arrived at San Diego 28 October to join the Battle Force. She participated in the fleet problem in Hawaiian waters in April 1938, and a Presidential Fleet Review at San Francisco in July. In 1939, the exercises were held in the Panama Canal Zone and the Caribbean from January to April. Returning to San Diego 12 May 1939, Cummings participated in flotilla and fleet training, and served as plane guard for the carriers Yorktown (CV-5) and Lexington (CV-2). When the security patrol was begun on the west coast in 1940, Cummings served on it, intermittently, while continuing to conduct exercises in anti-aircraft and submarine tactics and target practice.
Cummings was based in Pearl Harbor on 26 April 1940. Except for a west coast overhaul and cruises to Tutuila, Samoa, Auckland, New Zealand, and Tahiti between 4 March and 3 April 1941, she remained in Hawaiian waters conducting patrols and constantly exercising and drilling. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Cummings weathered the bombs that fell ahead and astern, receiving only minor casualties from fragments, and sortied on patrol almost immediately. From 19 December 1941 to 4 May 1942, Cummings escorted convoys between Pearl Harbor and San Francisco. Then sailed between Suva, Fiji Islands, and Auckland, New Zealand, from 9 June to 13 August on similar duty.
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