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The second USS ''Cummings'' (DD-365) was a ''Mahan''-class destroyer in the United States Navy, named for Andrew Boyd Cummings. She was a Pacific-based vessel, performing patrol and escort duties before and during World War II. The ship was present at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941, though she escaped major damage or casualties. ''Cummings'' was decommissioned in 1945 and sold for scrap in 1947. ==History== ''Cummings'' was launched 11 December 1935 at the United Shipyards, Inc., New York. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. W. W. Mills, niece of Lieutenant Commander Cummings, and commissioned 25 November 1936, with Commander C. P. Cecil in command. Departing New York 29 September 1937, ''Cummings'' arrived at San Diego 28 October to join the Battle Force. She participated in the fleet problem in Hawaiian waters in April 1938, and a Presidential Fleet Review at San Francisco in July. In 1939, the exercises were held in the Panama Canal Zone and the Caribbean from January to April. Returning to San Diego 12 May 1939, ''Cummings'' participated in flotilla and fleet training, and served as plane guard for the carriers ''Yorktown'' (CV-5) and ''Lexington'' (CV-2). When the security patrol was begun on the west coast in 1940, ''Cummings'' served on it, intermittently, while continuing to conduct exercises in anti-aircraft and submarine tactics and target practice. ''Cummings'' was based in Pearl Harbor on 26 April 1940. Except for a west coast overhaul and cruises to Tutuila, Samoa, Auckland, New Zealand, and Tahiti between 4 March and 3 April 1941, she remained in Hawaiian waters conducting patrols and constantly exercising and drilling. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, ''Cummings'' weathered the bombs that fell ahead and astern, receiving only minor casualties from fragments, and sortied on patrol almost immediately. From 19 December 1941 to 4 May 1942, ''Cummings'' escorted convoys between Pearl Harbor and San Francisco. Then sailed between Suva, Fiji Islands, and Auckland, New Zealand, from 9 June to 13 August on similar duty. After overhaul in San Francisco, ''Cummings'' escorted a convoy to Noumea and Wellington, New Zealand, in November 1942. The ship began patrol and escort missions for the Guadalcanal operation from bases at Espiritu Santo and Nouméa until 17 May 1943, and then sailed to Auckland, New Zealand, for a brief overhaul. ''Cummings'' Returned to Nouméa 4 June and screened transports to Auckland in July, and served at Efate from 5 August until 4 September. Overhauled on the west coast again, ''Cummings'' joined TF 94 to patrol off Adak, Alaska, between 1 and 16 December, before she returned to Pearl Harbor 21 December. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Cummings (DD-365)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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