Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Somers |
Pennant | DD 395 |
Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 28 Jul 1936 |
Launched | 30 Jul 1938 |
Commissioned | 9 Nov 1938 |
End service | 19 Oct 1945 |
History | Decommissioned 19 October 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Davis (DD 395)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Harley Francis Cope, USN | 1 Jul 1939 | 4 Apr 1941 |
2 | Cdr. Charles Clifford Hartman, USN | 4 Apr 1941 | 17 Dec 1941 |
3 | Lt.Cdr. Martin Rowland Peterson, USN | 17 Dec 1941 | 21 Feb 1943 |
4 | T/Cdr. William Archer Dunn, USN | 21 Feb 1943 | 1 Nov 1944 (1) |
5 | Thomas Donald Cunningham, USN | 1 Nov 1944 | 1 Oct 1945 |
6 | William Bruce Tichenor, USN | 1 Oct 1945 | 19 Oct 1945 (1) |
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Notable events involving Davis include:
19 May 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of St. Thomas together with USS Davis (Lt.Cdr. M.R. Peterson, USN).
20 May 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of St. Thomas together with USS Davis (Lt.Cdr. M.R. Peterson, USN) and USS Somers (Lt.Cdr. A.C. Wood, USN).
23 May 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of St. Thomas together with USS Davis (Lt.Cdr. M.R. Peterson, USN) and USS Partridge (Lt.Cdr. S.E. Kenney, USN).
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