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Andrew Boyd Cummings, born 22 June 1830 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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.
Naval History & Heritage Command 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. |
Tony Cowart/Robert M. Cieri/Bill Gonyo |
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USS Cummings (DD-365)
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Cummings at Bar Harbor, Maine, during port call there 08-18 August 1937.
From the collection of Acadia National Park | Jonathan Eno |
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524k | Cummings underway at sea, 29 November 1937.
Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 101660 | Robert Hurst |
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59k | Underway circa 1938, location unknown. Image from the 1943-44 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships. | O.W. Waterman |
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95k | Moored in San Diego harbor, California, circa 1938. | Joe Radigan |
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Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 101659 | John Kerslake/Robert Hurst |
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Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 92098 | Robert Hurst |
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Cummings, location unknown, circa the late 1930s.
Naval History & Heritage Command photos NH 66798 and 66797, courtesy of the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia. Ted Stone Collection. |
Robert Hurst |
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102k | USS Case (DD-370), USS Shaw (DD-373), USS Cummings (DD-365) and USS Tucker (DD-374) nested together, with USS Brooklyn (CL-40) behind, at Auckland, New Zealand, March 1941. | Gary Hines |
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National Archives photo 80-K-14467 | Joe Radigan |
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Three views of Cummings at Mare Island Navy Yard, 04 March 1942. Cummings underwent an overhaul there from 26 February - 04 March. On the latter day, she got underway at 1657 to escort a convoy off the California coast.
National Archives photos 19-N-28672 and 19-N-28671; underway photo is MINY photo 1147-42, from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. |
Robert Hurst / Darryl Baker |
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92k | Cummings operating as a unit of Task Group 12.5, bombarding Wake Island, 03 September 1944. She expended 284 rounds of 5"/38 AA common ammunition during the bombardment. Note light gun shields forward, no shields aft. | Robert Hurst |
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92k | A series of 11 images from the collection of Garold's dad, Arthur Orin White, Sea1c, who served aboard the Cummings 1943- 1945. The first is the Cummings' impressive scoreboard. | Garold White |
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129k | As above. While the original caption states "Japanese vessel that surrendered to the Cummings," this is more likely the Japanese liaison party that were aboard Cummings 14-19 September 1945 at Haha Jima
to assist with mine clearance. Note the daihatsu landing craft is flying a white flag. | Garold White |
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106k | As above. "More of the crew from the Japanese vessel that surrendered to the Cummings." | Garold White |
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77k | As above. "Japanese pilot that had been shot down by the Cummings." During the Leyte campaign, Cummings' war diary records recovering a lone survivor of a Japanese bomber shot down earlier in the day during operations off Leyte, 20 October 1944. After quick treatment by the ship's medical officer, the prisoner was transferred to USS Wasp (CV-18).
On 01 August 1945, while on radar picket patrol 60 miles off Iwo Jima, Cummings engaged and sank a motor torpedo boat with 5" gunfire, recovering one survivor, "all others refused to be rescued." This could be either incident, though more likely the former. | Garold White |
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98k | As above. The Torpedo Gang - (back row L-R) Sea1c Arthur O. White, TM3c Joe J. Berta, TM3c Jack Sontag, TM2c Bob Popovich and TM3c Walter C. Boymann; (front row L-R) TM2c J. J. McFarland Jr, TM2c Armand A. Jolicoeur, CTM(T) Floyd W. Block, TM1c Anthony L. Castlegrant, Sea1c Charles A. Wentworth and Sea1c Freddie Welch. | Garold White |
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29k | As above. The Cummings transported President Roosevelt and staff from Alaska to Seattle 09-12 August 1944. This is a shot of "Fala." | Garold White |
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93k | As above. Part of President Roosevelt's entourage. | Garold White |
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147k | As above. Newspaper photo of the stowaway Gismo. The sailor in the photo is TM3c John R. Sontag. | Garold White |
0536519 |
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0536517 |
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0536518 |
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Three photos from the collection of Herbert Allen McCoy, who served as a Radioman 3rd Class aboard Cummings 1943 - 1945
0536527 - USS Pensacola (CA-24) alongside
0536528 - Cummings Radio Gang at Saipan, January 1945
0536529 - unknown destroyer as seen from a 40mm gun tub |
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