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 |
| 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 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1925 |
| Decommissioned | 30 April 1932 |
| Identification | Hull symbol:CG-3 |
| Fate | transferred back to the United States Navy, 23 May 1932 |
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| Class & 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) |
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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.