Cushing (DD 985) - Naval Cruise Book

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.....-. ,. . .h .-.,,.,1,:,:,l!'l1,.,, A lug-has-i..,.. ,ww .A ,. N dy.. Ava. H my K- . , nn, -,.cJ...,-----f f- fs --'--- L: William Barker Cushing 1842-1874 USS CUSHING is named after Commander William Barker Cushing, a Naval hero of the Civil War. Born in Delafield, Wisconsin, November 4, 1842, he entered the Naval Academy in 1857. He became lieutenant on July 16, 1862, and subsequently attained that rank of commander on January 31, 1872. V After a brilliant senlice in the blockading fleet offthe North Carolina coast, his plansio outfit torpedo boats to destroy the formidable and dangerous Confederate ram Albe- marle were approved. On October 27, 1864, Cushing, in a torpedo boat manned by 15 volunteers, eluded the enemy lookouts and crept up the Roanoke Fliver under defense fire from small arms and succeeded in disabling the Confederate ram Albemarle. For this action, Cushing was promoted and officially thanked by Congress, the only non- flag officer of the war to be so honored. ln the four years he had risen from midshipman to lieutenant commander he was under fire perhaps more than any other officer in the Navy and seemed to have es- caped without a scratch. After the Civil War he senfed in both the Pacific and Asiatic squadrons, commanded the LANCASTER and MAUMEEQ senfed as ordnance officer, Boston Navy Yard, and from July 11, 1873 commanded the USS WYOMING until relieved of active duty be- cause of illness. While commanding the USS WYOMING in the Caribbean, he helped to free the passengers of a ship detained by the Spanish government in Cuba. Commander Cush- ing died on December 17, 1874 at the age of thirty-two.

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, H ,,,, . ,.,V . . ...EAL ,.., COMMANDER EDWARD C. MCDONOUGH COMMANDING OFFICER, USS CUSHING DD-985 CDR Edward C. McDonough was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Cin- cinnati, Ohio. He graduated from Ohio State University and later earned his MBA from Southern Illinois University. Commissioned in 1968 from the NROTC Program at Ohio State, Com- mander McDonough served in the Weapons Department of USS TOPEKA QCLG-85, on the staff of Destroyer Division 82, and as ASW Officer and later Weapons Officer aboard USS ROBERT K. HUNTINGTON QDD-7813. After gradu- ating from the Naval Destroyer School 5 4 Newport, Rhode Island in 1972, he served in the following afloat billetsg Weapons Officer and later as Operations Officer, USS REASONER QFF-106355 First Lieutenant, USS CAYUGA QLST-11865, Operations Officer, USS CLEVELAND QLPD-71, and Executive Officer, USS FIFE QDD-9911. During these tours CDR McDonough deployed with both the SIXTH and SEVENTH Fleets. CDR McDonough has senled ashore as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Com- mander ofthe Eleventh Naval District in San Diego, from 1975-1977, and as a tac- tics instructor at the Surface Prospective Commanding Officer Course in Newport, Rhode Island in 1979 through 1981. Prior to assuming command of USS CUSH- ING, CDR McDonough served as a Navy Aide to the Commander of the Marine Corps in Washington D.C. Commander McDonough is married t0 the former Martha Louise Hieatt of Dayton, Ohio. They have two daughterS, Katherine Ann and Margaret Mary. CDR McDonough and his family reside in Unl- versity City, San Diego, California. -D