Served aboard the USS Cummings & USS Colorado during World War I.
Became ill while standing watch in the North Atlantic due to cold weather and was expected to not make it.
His wife was sent a memento to his service signed by Woodrow Wilson but he survived and returned home.
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History of USS Cummings:
Arriving at New York Navy Yard on 12 May 1917 to be outfitted for foreign service, Cummings sailed on 15 May, reaching the Destroyer Base, Queenstown, Ireland on 26 May. She was commanded by the future admiral, Henry Kent Hewitt. She served in the cross-channel escort service under Commander, US Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, and also conducted anti-submarine patrols off the southern Irish coast, making contact in 14 encounters. The ship continued to serve on escort assignments off the coast of France after the war. He was on one of the escort ships carrying President Woodrow Wilson to Brest, France, the USS George Washington (ID # 3018.)
Became ill while standing watch in the North Atlantic due to cold weather and was expected to not make it.
His wife was sent a memento to his service signed by Woodrow Wilson but he survived and returned home.
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History of USS Cummings:
Arriving at New York Navy Yard on 12 May 1917 to be outfitted for foreign service, Cummings sailed on 15 May, reaching the Destroyer Base, Queenstown, Ireland on 26 May. She was commanded by the future admiral, Henry Kent Hewitt. She served in the cross-channel escort service under Commander, US Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, and also conducted anti-submarine patrols off the southern Irish coast, making contact in 14 encounters. The ship continued to serve on escort assignments off the coast of France after the war. He was on one of the escort ships carrying President Woodrow Wilson to Brest, France, the USS George Washington (ID # 3018.)
Served aboard the USS Cummings & USS Colorado during World War I.
Became ill while standing watch in the North Atlantic due to cold weather and was expected to not make it.
His wife was sent a memento to his service signed by Woodrow Wilson but he survived and returned home.
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History of USS Cummings:
Arriving at New York Navy Yard on 12 May 1917 to be outfitted for foreign service, Cummings sailed on 15 May, reaching the Destroyer Base, Queenstown, Ireland on 26 May. She was commanded by the future admiral, Henry Kent Hewitt. She served in the cross-channel escort service under Commander, US Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, and also conducted anti-submarine patrols off the southern Irish coast, making contact in 14 encounters. The ship continued to serve on escort assignments off the coast of France after the war. He was on one of the escort ships carrying President Woodrow Wilson to Brest, France, the USS George Washington (ID # 3018.)
Became ill while standing watch in the North Atlantic due to cold weather and was expected to not make it.
His wife was sent a memento to his service signed by Woodrow Wilson but he survived and returned home.
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History of USS Cummings:
Arriving at New York Navy Yard on 12 May 1917 to be outfitted for foreign service, Cummings sailed on 15 May, reaching the Destroyer Base, Queenstown, Ireland on 26 May. She was commanded by the future admiral, Henry Kent Hewitt. She served in the cross-channel escort service under Commander, US Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, and also conducted anti-submarine patrols off the southern Irish coast, making contact in 14 encounters. The ship continued to serve on escort assignments off the coast of France after the war. He was on one of the escort ships carrying President Woodrow Wilson to Brest, France, the USS George Washington (ID # 3018.)
Gravesite Details
Enter the cemetery: drive up to the shelter, the plot is immediately to the left of the pavilion, about 60 ft. (There is a small cedar tree that I planted 10 yrs ago)
