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DD-365 Cummings
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Mahan 1934/06/26
United Shipyards, Inc., New York
1935/12/11 1936/11/25 1947/07/17
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Namesake: LtCdr Cummings
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 44: Ms 31/23d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     BatForPac/DesFlot1/DesRon3/DesDiv6 P.H.   114 
41/12/07 41/12/19     P.H. - offshore patrols   66 
41/12/19 42/05/04     convoy duty P.H. <> San Francisco   66 
42/06/09 42/08/13     convoy duty Suwa, Fiji <> Auckland, New Zealand   66 
42/09 42/10     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
42/11       esocrt convoy San Francisco > Noumea > Wellington   66 
42/12 43/05/17     escort duty from Noumea and Esp. Santo to Guadalcanal   66 
43/03/16 43/03/17   14 off Esp Santo - tactical exercises with TF 19   88 
43/05/2? 43/06     Auckland - overhaul   66 
43/06/04       Noumea   66 
43/07       escort convoy Noumea > Auckland   66 
43/08/02 43/08/04   36.3 tactical exercises with TG 36.2 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/05 43/09/04     Efate   66 
43/08/26 43/08/29     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/05 43/09/06     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10 43/11     west coast - overhaul   66 
43/12/01 43/12/16   94 patrols off Adak   66 
43/12/16 43/12/21     sail Adak > P.H.   66 
43/12/21 44/01/19     P.H.   66 
44/01/19 44/02/21 Flint 58     66 
44/03/04 44/03/31   58.5 sail Majuro > Trincomalee to join BPF   66 
44/03/31 44/04/16     Trincomalee - exercises with BPF   66 
44/04/16 44/04/19 Cockp BEF/70 raid Sabang   66  81 
44/05/06 44/05/18 Trans BEF/70 raid Surabaya   66 
44/05/18 44/06/10   58.5 sail to P.H.   66 
44/07/07 44/07/21     San Francisco   66 
44/07/21 44/08/12   12.1 F.D.R. presidential cruise   66 
44/08/13 44/08/1?     sail Seattle > P.H.   66 
44/08/26 44/08/29     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/08/29 44/09/1?   12.5 raid Wake   66 
44/10/06 44/10/16 King2 30.2/DesRon4 shell Marcus   66  104 
44/10/16 44/11 King2 38.1.3/DesRon4     104 
44/11/08 44/11/14   30.2 shell Iwojima   66  85 
44/11/21 44/12/06     Saipan - local duty   66 
44/12/05 44/12/10?   94.9 shell Iwojima, Cicijima, Hahajima   66  85 
44/12/27     94.9 sinking/share (Dunlap, Fanning) APA T-7, LST T-132 (24-47N, 141-20E)   85 
45/01/05     94.9 sinking/share landing ship T-107 (26-27N, 141-11E)   85 
45/01/05     94.9 sinking/share landing ship T-154 off Iwojima (24-27N, 141-20E)   85 
45/02/14 45/03/19 Detach 54?     66 
45/04 45/09     off Iwojima, ocassionally escort convoys to Saipan, Guam   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars
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