1935 Launching USS Cushing USS Perkins Puget Sound Navy Yard Brass Trench Art
This is a beautiful dish or ashtray that appears as if it could have been the bottom of a shell and was worked into this display. It’s heavy, I believe it’s brass, maybe bronze. There are light scratches and edge nicks on the piece. USS Cushing (DD-376) was launched 31 December 1935 by Puget Sound Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss K. Cushing, daughter of Command Cushing; commissioned 28 August 1936, Commander E. Short in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet. Except for brief periods of training at Pearl Harbor and one cruise to the Caribbean, USS Cushing (DD-376) cruised the west coast from San Diego for exercises and training. Undergoing overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, USS Cushing (DD-376) sailed from San Francisco 17 December 1941 for convoy escort duty between the west coast and Pearl Harbor until 13 January 1942. The second USS Perkins (DD-377) was a Mahan-class destroyer launched in 1935, served in World War II and sank following a collision with Australian troopship Duntroon in 1942.
