USS Cummings (DD-44)

	USS Cummings (DD-44) at anchor, circa 1916.
History
United States
Name	Cummings
Namesake	Lieutenant commander Andrew Boyd Cummings
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Cost	$776,910.48
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
Identification	Hull symbol: DD-44; Code letters: NIL; ;
Fate	Transferred to the United States Coast Guard, 7 June 1924; Sold for scrapping, 22 August 1934;
Notes	Cummings lost her name to new construction 1 July 1933
United States
Name	Cummings
Acquired	6 June 1924
Commissioned	15 May 1925
Decommissioned	30 April 1932
Identification	Hull symbol: CG-3
Fate	Transferred back to the United States Navy, 23 May 1932
General characteristics
Class & 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)
Installed power	Oil fired boilers; 16,000 ihp (12,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × Direct Drive Turbines With Triple Expansion Cruising Engines; 2 × shafts;
Speed	29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h); 30.57 kn (35.18 mph; 56.62 km/h) (Speed on Trial);
Complement	5 officers 96 enlisted (USN); 6 officers, 82 enlisted (USCG);
Armament	USN:; 4 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 caliber guns; 8 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (4 × 2); USCG:; 3 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal guns; 1 × 1-pdr;

The first USS Cummings (DD-44) was a Cassin-class destroyer built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Andrew Boyd Cummings, a naval officer who served during the American Civil War. She served in the Atlantic Fleet during World War I, conducting anti-submarine warfare patrols and escort missions. Later transferred to the United States Coast Guard, she served as CG-3 as part of the Rum Patrol during the Prohibition era.