USS Damon Cummings (DE-756)
For USS Damon M. Cummings, see USS Damon M. Cummings (DE-643). For ships named USS Cummings, see USS Cummings.
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| Name: | USS Damon Cummings |
| Namesake: | Lieutenant Commander, Damon M. Cummings, (1910-1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient |
| Builder: | Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California |
| Launched: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction cancelled 2 October 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,240 tons |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Complement: | 186 |
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USS Damon Cummings (DE-756) was a United States Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort proposed during World War II but never completed.
Plans called for Western Pipe and Steel Company to build Damon Cummings at San Pedro, California. The construction contract for Damon Cummings was cancelled on 2 October 1943 before she could be completed.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Naval History: Destroyer Escorts, Frigates, Littoral Warfare Vessels
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