USS Cummings (DD-44)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Cummings.
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.
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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[1] |
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[2] |
Commissioned | 15 May 1925[2] |
Decommissioned | 30 April 1932[2] |
Identification | Hull symbol:CG-3 |
Fate | transferred back to the United States Navy, 23 May 1932 |
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Class and 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)[4] |
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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.