USS Cushing (DD-376)
Navy | US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Mahan |
Pennant | DD 376 |
Built by | Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) |
Laid down | 15 Aug 1934 |
Launched | 31 Dec 1935 |
Commissioned | 28 Aug 1936 |
Lost | 13 Nov 1942 |
Loss position | 3,500 yards southeast of Savo Island, Solomon Islands |
History | |
USS Cushing (Cdr. T.M. Stokes) was sunk by gunfire from Japanese warships 3,500 yards southeast of Savo Island, Solomon Islands, 69 of her crew were lost. |