Allied Warships

USS Cushing (DD 376)

Destroyer of the Mahan class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassMahan 
PennantDD 376 
Built byPuget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Aug 1934 
Launched31 Dec 1935 
Commissioned28 Aug 1936 
Lost13 Nov 1942 
History

USS Cushing (Cdr. T.M. Stokes) was sunk by gunfire from Japanese warships off Savo Island, Solomon Islands, 69 of her crew were lost.

 

Commands listed for USS Cushing (DD 376)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Edwin Thomas Short, USN28 Aug 1936???

2Lt.Cdr. Jesse Rink Wallace, USN1939???

3Lt.Cdr. William Bennett Jackson, Jr., USN1940???

4Lt.Cdr. Christopher Noble, USN1941???

5Cdr. Charles Joseph Rend, USN1941???

6Cdr. Thomas Murray Stokes, USN???13 Nov 1942

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