USS Cushing (DD-376) was a Mahan-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The officers named for her carried the ship from the late 1930s into the autumn of 1942, and the only fight set down for this hull is the night she was lost.
Edwin Thomas Short was captain from 28 August 1936 until 19 August 1937. His tour is the earliest command recorded for Cushing.
Jesse Rink Wallace took command on 19 August 1937 and held it until 24 May 1940. Of the four captains listed for her, his was the longest stretch.
William Bennett Jackson commanded from 24 May 1940 to 24 September 1941. He turned the ship over at the end of that tour.
Christopher Noble was captain from 24 September 1941 until 6 October 1942. His recorded time in command ended more than a month before the November action.
On the night of 13 November 1942, in the night action of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Cushing led the American column as the first ship in Callaghan's line. She was sunk that night off Guadalcanal. A later destroyer carried the name Cushing as a separate hull.