USS CUMMINGS DD365

USS CUMMINGS DD365

Class……………………………Mahan class Desroyer

Builder……………………….. Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond

Yard number……………….820

Laid down..………………….26 June 1934

Launched….…………………11 December 1935

Completed.………………….25 November 1936

Propulsion.…………………..2 shafts : 2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox oil fired boilers

Speed..…………………………36.5 knots

Range…………………………..6500 nm at 12 knots

Fate…………………………….1947 : 17 July : For breaking up

 

Pearl Harbour Attack

On 7 Dec 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Cummings was moored at the Pearl Harbour Navy Yard repair piers at the heart of the action, with bombs falling within the piers close aboard. She made all preparations for getting underway but with no boilers lit, it took two hours for her to actually begin her sortie from the harbour. Even so, Cummings was the only ship in her nest to get underway. Once underway, Cummings proceeded out of the channel without incident and joined the anti-submarine patrol operating off Pearl Harbour entrance.

For a full account see www.history.navy.mil/research/archives/digital-exhibits-h...

 

 

For full narrative History see: ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=353

 

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