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USS Damon Cummings (DE 756)

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Name
  
USS Damon Cummings

Length
  
93 m

Launched
  
Never

Weight
  
1,260 tons

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

Fate
  
Construction cancelled 2 October 1943

Class and type
  
Cannon-class destroyer escort

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

USS Damon Cummings (DE-756) Wikipedia