USS Cummings (DD-44)

USS Cummings (DD-44)
USS Cummings (DD-44) at anchor, circa 1916.
History
United States
NameCummings
NamesakeLieutenant commander Andrew Boyd Cummings
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Cost$776,910.48[1]
Laid down21 May 1912
Launched6 August 1913
Sponsored byMrs. H. Beates, Jr., niece of Lieutenant Commander Cummings
Commissioned19 September 1913
Decommissioned23 June 1922
Stricken5 July 1934
Identification
Fate
NotesCummings lost her name to new construction 1 July 1933
United States
NameCummings
Acquired6 June 1924[2]
Commissioned15 May 1925[2]
Decommissioned30 April 1932[2]
IdentificationHull symbol:CG-3
Fatetransferred back to the United States Navy, 23 May 1932
General characteristics [3]
Class and typeCassin-class destroyer
Displacement1,020 long tons (1,040 t)
Length305 ft 3 in (93.04 m)
Beam31 ft 2 in (9.50 m)
Draft9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) (mean)[6]
Installed power
  • oil fired boilers
  • 16,000 ihp (12,000 kW)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h)
  • 30.57 kn (35.18 mph; 56.62 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[6]
Complement
  • 5 officers 96 enlisted (USN)[4]
  • 6 officers, 82 enlisted (USCG)[5]
Armament

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.

  1. ^ "Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
  2. ^ a b c Record of Movements Vessels of the United States Coast Guard 1790 -December 31, 1933 (PDF). Washington: TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 1989. p. 445.
  3. ^ "USS Cummings (DD-44)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  4. ^ "Table 16 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 749. 1921.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference USCG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.

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