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USS Cummings (DD-44)

Index USS Cummings (DD-44)

The first USS Cummings (DD-44) was a used by the United States Navy during World War I. She was later transferred to the United States Coast Guard, where she was designated CG-3. [1]

32 relations: Admiral, American 18 inch torpedo, Andrew Boyd Cummings, Anti-submarine warfare, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, Boiler (power generation), Boston, Brest, France, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Caliber (artillery), Cobh, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Henry Kent Hewitt, International Code of Signals, Lieutenant commander, Lieutenant commander (United States), London Naval Treaty, Neutrality Patrol, New London, Connecticut, Philadelphia, QF 1-pounder pom-pom, Rum Patrol, Sea trial, Stapleton, Staten Island, Steam turbine, Torpedo tube, United States Coast Guard, United States Department of the Treasury, United States Navy, Woodrow Wilson, 4"/50 caliber gun.

Admiral

Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies, and in many navies is the highest rank.

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American 18 inch torpedo

There have been a number of 18 inch torpedoes in service with the United States.

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Andrew Boyd Cummings

Andrew Boyd Cummings (22 June 1830 – 18 March 1863) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War who was killed in action off the coast of Louisiana.

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Anti-submarine warfare

Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines.

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Bath Iron Works

Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major United States shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine.

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Bath, Maine

Bath is a city in Sagadahoc County, Maine, in the United States.

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Boiler (power generation)

A boiler or steam generator is a device used to create steam by applying heat energy to water.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Brest, France

Brest is a city in the Finistère département in Brittany.

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Brooklyn Navy Yard

The Brooklyn Navy Yard was a shipyard located in Brooklyn, New York, east of the Battery on the East River in Wallabout Basin, a semicircular bend of the river across from Corlears Hook in Manhattan.

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Caliber (artillery)

In artillery, caliber or calibredifference in British English and American English spelling is the internal diameter of a gun barrel, or by extension a relative measure of the length.

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Cobh

Cobh, known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a tourist seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland.

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Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB (also called GTMO because of the abbreviation of Guantanamo or Gitmo because of the common pronunciation of this word by the U.S. military), is a United States military base located on 120 square kilometres (45 sq mi) of land and water at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which the U.S. leased for use as a coaling station and naval base in 1903 for $2,000 in gold per year until 1934, when the payment was set to match the value in gold in dollars; in 1974, the yearly lease was set to $4,085.

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Henry Kent Hewitt

Henry Kent Hewitt (February 11, 1887 – September 15, 1972) was the United States Navy commander of amphibious operations in north Africa and southern Europe through World War II.

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International Code of Signals

The International Code of Signals (ICS) is an international system of signals and codes for use by vessels to communicate important messages regarding safety of navigation and related matters.

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Lieutenant commander

Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated LCdr, LCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies.

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Lieutenant commander (United States)

Lieutenant commander (LCDR) is a mid-ranking officer rank in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps), with the pay grade of O-4 and NATO rank code OF-3.

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London Naval Treaty

The Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament, commonly known as the London Naval Treaty, was an agreement between the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy and the United States, signed on 22 April 1930, which regulated submarine warfare and limited naval shipbuilding.

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Neutrality Patrol

On September 3, 1939, the British and French declarations of war on Germany initiated the Battle of the Atlantic.

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New London, Connecticut

New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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QF 1-pounder pom-pom

The QF 1 pounder, universally known as the pom-pom due to the sound of its discharge, was a 37 mm British autocannon, the first of its type in the world.

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Rum Patrol

The Rum Patrol was an operation of the United States Coast Guard to interdict liquor smuggling vessels, known as "rum runners" in order to enforce prohibition in American waters.

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Sea trial

A sea trial is the testing phase of a watercraft (including boats, ships, and submarines).

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Stapleton, Staten Island

Stapleton is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City in the United States.

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Steam turbine

A steam turbine is a device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft.

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Torpedo tube

A torpedo tube is a cylinder shaped device for launching torpedoes.

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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's seven uniformed services.

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United States Department of the Treasury

The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.

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4"/50 caliber gun

The 4"/50 caliber gun (spoken "four-inch-fifty-caliber") was the standard low-angle, quick-firing gun for United States, first appearing on the monitor and then used on "Flush Deck" destroyers through World War I and the 1920s.

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Redirects here:

DD-44, USCGD Cummings (CG-3).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cummings_(DD-44)

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