USS Davis (DD-937)
USS Davis c. 1957 | |
| 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 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 4000 tons(full load) |
| Length | 418 ft (127 m) |
| Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft (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 |
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USS Davis (DD-937) 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. The ship was 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. Davis was launched on 28 March 1956 by Mrs. G. F. Davis, widow of Commander Davis, and commissioned on 6 March 1957 at Boston Naval Yard.