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USS CUMMINGS (DD-365)

CLASS - MAHAN As Built.
Displacement 2103 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 341' 4" (oa) x 35' 5" x 12' 4" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 0.5" MG, 12 x 21" tt.(3x4).
Machinery, 49,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.5 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots, Crew 158.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island, NY June 26 1934.
Launched December 11 1935 and commissioned November 25 1936.
Decommissioned December 16 1945.
Stricken January 28 1947.
Fate Sold July 17 1947 and broken up for scrap.

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Cummings 70kPhoto #: 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
Cummings 52kUndated, "Our Navy" Brooklyn N.Y.John Kerslake
Cummings 86kUSS Cummings underway at sea, 29 November 1937 (USN Photo No NH 101660).Robert Hurst
Cummings 59kCirca 1938, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Cummings 95kSan Diego harbour, California, circa 1938Joe Radigan
Cummings 90kUSS Cummings (DD-365) underway at sea during the later 1930s (USN Photo No NH 101659).Robert Hurst
Cummings 51kUSS Cummings (DD-365) photographed by Ted Stone, circa the late 1930s (USN Photo No NH 66797).Robert Hurst
Cummings 132kUSS Cummings underway in San Diego Harbour, California, 11 April 1938 (USN Photo No NH 92098).Robert Hurst
Cummings 102kUSS Case (DD-370), USS Shaw (DD-373), USS Cummings (DD-365) and USS Tucker (DD-374) with USS Brooklyn (CL-40) behind in Auckland, New Zealand March 1941.Gary Hines
Cummings 82kDestroyer Division Six, Destroyer Squadron Three (DesDiv6, DesRon3) at San Diego, California, in October 1941. Ships are (from inboard): USS Clark (DD 361), Squadron flagship, USS Case (DD 370), Division flagship, USS Cummings (DD 365), USS Shaw (DD 373) and USS Tucker (DD 374). Note that these destroyers are painted in at least two different camouflage schemes. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Joe Radigan
Cummings 27kOff Hampton Roads, July 13 1944Robert Hurst
Cummings 92k3 September 1944 the day she participated in an attack on Wake Island.. Note light gun shields forward, no shields aft.Robert Hurst
Cummings 92kA series of 11 images from the collection of Garold's dad who served aboard the Cummings during World War II. The first is the Cummings Scoreboard..Garold White
Cummings 129kAs above. Japanese vessel that surrendered to the Cummings.Garold White
Cummings 106kAs above. More of the crew from the Japanese vessel that surrendered to the Cummings.Garold White
Cummings 77kAs above. Japanese pilot that had been shot down by the Cummings.Garold White
Cummings 98kAs above. The Torpedo Gang - (back row L-R) Arthur White, Joe Berta, Jack Sontage, Bob Popovich and Walter Boynann (front row L-R) J. J. McFarland Jr, Armon D. Jelicoeur, Floyd Block. A. L. Castlegrant, Charles Wentworth and Freddie Welch.Garold White
Cummings 29kAs above. The Cummings transported President Roosevelt and company in August 1944, see DANFS for the details, this is a shot of "Fella."Garold White
Cummings 93kAs above. Part of President Roosevelt's entourage.Garold White
Cummings 147kAs above. Newspaper photo of the stowaway Gismo.Garold White
Cummings 205kAs above. Newspaper story of Gismo.Garold White
Cummings 60kAs above. Gismo in training.Garold White
Cummings 69kAs above. Gismo in training.Garold White

USS CUMMINGS DD-365 History
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