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USS CUMMINGS (DD-44)


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CLASS - CASSIN As Built.
Displacement 1,072 Tons, Dimensions, 305' 3" (oa) x 31' 2" x 10' 6" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 8 x 18" tt..
Machinery, 16,000 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines With Triple Expansion Cruising Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 29.5 Knots, Crew 98.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath Me. on May 21 1912.
Launched August 6 1913 and commissioned September 19 1913.
Cummings was decommissioned at Philadelphia June 23 1922.
and berthed with the reserve fleet until loaned to the Coast Guard As
CG-3 on June 7 1924 and was returned May 23 1932.Cummings lost
her name to new construction July 1 1933.
Stricken July 5 1934.
Fate Sold to Michael Flynn, Brooklyn, NY August 22 1934 and broken up for scrap.

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Andrew Boyd Cummings, born 22 June 1830 in Philadelphia, Pa., was appointed midshipman in 1846, but was detached from the Naval Academy the next year for active duty in Brandywine, returning in 1852. During the Civil War, he served with distinction in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in Richmond, participating in the action at Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, La. He showed conspicuous gallantry as the squadron passed the batteries of Fort Hudson, La., 14-15 March 1863, and died of wounds received in that action, at New Orleans, 18 March 1863. Photo #: NH 88504, Lieutenant Commander Andrew B. Cummings, USN, (1830-1863) photograph from a Carte de Visite by Augustus Morand, Brooklyn, New York, circa 1862. Courtesy of Dr. Walter B. LaBerge, Under Secretary of the Army, 1978. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart/Robert M. Cieri/Bill Gonyo
Cummings 100kPhoto #: NH 85774, USS Cummings (Destroyer # 44) and USS Cassin (Destroyer # 43) fitting out at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, in 1913. Halftone reproduction, published on a color-tinted postal card. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), 1977. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Cummings 100kPhoto #: NH 103522, USS Cummings (Destroyer # 44) at anchor, circa 1916. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Joe Radigan
Cummings 47kPhoto #: NH 95197, USS Cummings (Destroyer # 44) underway, prior to World War I. Courtesy of Jack L. Howland, 1983. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Cummings 50kPhoto #: NH 77907, USS Cummings (Destroyer # 44) making smoke while underway, circa 1916. Photographed by Waterman. The original image was printed on postal card ("AZO") stock. Collection of Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor, USN, 1962. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Cummings 54kPhoto #: NH 55533, USS Cummings (Destroyer # 44) underway at low speed on 26 February 1919. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Cummings 50kPhoto #: NH 103514-A, USS Cummings (DD-44) in the North River off New York City, 20 May 1921. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Cummings 86kDestroyer Squadron 14 in the North River, off New York City, 20 May 1921. Panoramic photograph by Himmel and Tyner, New York. U.S. Navy ships present are (from left to right): USS Cummings (DD-44); USS Wainright (DD-62); USS Parker (DD-48); USS Balch (DD-50); USS McDougal (DD-54); USS Ericsson (DD-56) and USS Dixie (AD-1), squadron flagship. Note what appears to be a yacht club in the lower left (Photo No NH 103514).Robert Hurst
Cummings 40kOn Coast Guard service during the Prohibition Era, from the Official Coast Guard Website.Mike Green

USS CUMMINGS DD-44 History
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Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

LCDR Arthur Crenshaw    Sep 19 1913 - Jun 10 1914
LT Arthur Mark LeRoy (Roy) Bristol Jr.    Jun 10 1914 - Jun 15 1915 (Later VADM)
LCDR George Franklin Neal    Jun 15 1915 - Dec 5 1916 (Later RADM)
LCDR Owen Bartlett    Dec 5 1916 - Jul 20 1918
LCDR Henry Kent Hewitt    Jul 20 1918 - Apr 20 1919 (Later ADM)
LCDR ?Guysbert Bogert Vroom    Apr 20 1919 - Sep 9 1920
ENS William Sewell Gardner Davis    Sep 9 1920 - Oct 10 1920
LT James Blackburn Ryan    Oct 10 1920 - Jun 23 1922
On Coast Guard Service
CDR Ralph Waldo Dempwolf (USCG)    1925 - Oct 1926 (Later RADM) 
LCDR William Kirk Scammell (USCG)    Oct 1926 - May 1929 (Later RADM)

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