USS Davis (DD-937)
USS Davis (DD-937), named for Commander George Fleming Davis USN (1911-1945), commanding officer of USS Walke (DD-723), killed in action at Lingayen Gulf on Luzon in the Philippine Islands on 6 January 1945 and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Quincy, Massachusetts, on 1 February 1955, launched on 28 March 1956 by Mrs. G. F. Davis, widow of Commander Davis and commissioned on 6 March 1957 at Boston Naval Yard.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Namesake: | George Fleming Davis |
| Ordered: | 3 February 1954 |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel, Fore River Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 1 February 1955 |
| Launched: | 28 March 1956 |
| Acquired: | 28 February 1957 |
| Commissioned: | 6 March 1957 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 December 1982 |
| Stricken: | 27 July 1990 |
| Motto: | Vigilantia Pro Pacem |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 4000 tons(full load) |
| Length: | 418' (127.4 m) |
| Beam: | 45' (13.7 m) |
| Draft: | 21' (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam Turbine-70,000 h.p (52,2 MW) (4 - boilers burning DFM) |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range: | Excess of 2,000 n.m. (3,700 km) |
| Complement: | 18 Officers 290 Enlisted |
| Armament: | three 5"54 (127 mm/54) caliber Gun mounts; ASW Rockets, Homing Torpedoes |
Fate
USS Davis was decommissioned on 20 December 1982, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 27 July 1990 and sold for scrap to the Fore River Shipyard and Iron Works at Quincy, Massachusetts, on 11 December 1992. When the company went bankrupt, she was resold to N. R. Acquisition Incorporated of New York City by the Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court and scrapped by Wilmington Resources of Wilmington in North Carolina.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.