USS Cushing may refer to one of several United States Navy ships named in honor of William B. Cushing: , a torpedo boat (the first) commissioned in 1890, and served until her decommissioning in 1898 , an commissioned 1915 and decommissioned in 1920 , a , commissioned in 1936, sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942 , a , commissioned in 1944, and decommissioned in 1960 , a , commissioned in 1978 and deactivated in 2005 References United States Navy ship names