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Damon M. Cummings

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-643
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works
Launched1944-04-18
Commissioned1944-06-29
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 3 February 1947. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Damon M. Cummings
U.S. Navy. USS Damon M. Cummings (DE-643) underway in San Francisco Bay, California (USA), circa in July 1944 (BS 68864).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Damon M. Cummings, hull DE-643, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works, laid her down on 17 October 1943 and launched her on 18 April 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 29 June 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Charles Rea Millett.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Manus, Leyte, and Okinawa. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 3 February 1947. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.