USS Cushing (DD-985)
USS ''Cushing'' (DD-985), named after Commander (United States), Commander William Barker Cushing, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to bear the name. ''Cushing'' was a built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. ''Cushing'' operated out of Yokosuka, Yokosuka, Japan for the last several years of her career. ''Cushing'' was the last ''Spruance''-class destroyer to remain in active service, until decommissioned on 21 September 2005. History ''Cushing'' was laid down 27 December 1976 by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on 17 June 1978 and commissioned on 21 September 1979. ''Cushing'' was the last U.S. warship to transit the Panama Canal prior to control of the canal being handed over to Panama in 1979. Prior to its formal commissioning, ''Cushing'' departed her builders in Mississippi in order to avoid the oncoming Hurricane Frederic. She remained in the Gulf of Mexico with a crew of U.S ...
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