USS Cummings (DD-365)
USS Cummings (DD-365) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Cummings |
| 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 |
| Stricken | 28 January 1947 |
| Fate | Sold, 17 July 1947 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class & type | Mahan-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,500 tons |
| Length | 341 ft 4 in (104.04 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbine |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| 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 during the Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on 7 December 1941, though she escaped major damage or casualties. Cummings was decommissioned in 1945 and sold for scrap in 1947.