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USS JARVIS (DD-38)

CLASS - (Repeat) PAULDING As Built.
Displacement 742 Tons, Dimensions, 293' 10" (oa) x 27' x 9' 5" (Max)
Armament 5 x 3"/50, 3 x 18" tt..
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines, 3 screws
Speed, 29.5 Knots, Crew 86.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by New York Shipbuilding, Camden on July 1 1911.
Launched April 3 1912 and commissioned October 22 1912.
Jarvis was decommissioned at Philadelphia November 26 1919
and berthed with the reserve fleet until her sale.
Stricken March 8 1935.
Fate Sold April 23 1935 and broken up for scrap.

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Jarvis 114kJames C. Jarvis, born in 1787, was appointed midshipman from the state of New York in 1799. Midshipman Jarvis was killed at the age of 13 during the historic engagement between the famed frigate Constellation and the French frigate La Vengeance 2 February 1800. Sent aloft in command of the topmen to secure Constellation's unsupported mainmast, he refused to come down when warned that the mast might topple: "My post is here. I can't leave it until ordered." As the mast crashed, Jarvis was swept over the side with the falling rigging. Honoring Jarvis for his bravery and devotion to duty, the Sixth Congress by Joint Resolution 29 March 1800 deemed his conduct "deserving of the highest praise" and his loss "a subject of national regret." The image displayed is a painting of the Battle between the USS Constellation and French frigate La Vengeance.Bill Gonyo
Jarvis 17kUndated, location unknown.USN
Jarvis 176kIn France after a collision in 1918.Darryl Baker/John W. Klar

USS JARVIS DD-38 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The hazegray Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

LCDR Daniel Pratt Mannix    Oct 22 1912 - May 20 1913
LCDR William Ancrum    May 20 1913 - Aug 1913
LCDR William Frederick (Bull) Halsey Jr.   Dec 1913 - ? (Later FADM)
LCDR Arthur Mark LeRoy (Roy) Bristol Jr.    ? 1915 - ? (Later RADM)
LCDR Louis Poisson Davis    Jul 1916 - Dec 1917

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