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DESTROYER ARCHIVE |
Fate sold for scrap 21 April 1920.
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61k | Charles Henry Davis, born 16 January 1807 in Boston, Mass., was appointed Midshipman 12 August 1823 and made many valuable scientific contributions to the Navy before the Civil War during which he served with distinction. As Flag Officer of the Mississippi Flotilla he directed the capture and destruction of seven Confederate gunboats and rams near Memphis, Tenn., and received the surrender of the city 6 June 1862; joined Farragut's fleet for operations against Vicksburg; and cooperated with the Army expedition up the Yazoo River from 16 to 27 August 1862. From 1862 to 1865 Admiral Davis served as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, then served as Superintendent of the Naval Observatory; Commander in Chief, South Atlantic Squadron; Commandant of Norfolk Navy Yard; and member of the Lighthouse Board. Admiral Davis died in Washington, D.C., 18 February 1877. TB-12, DD-65, and DD-395 were named to honor him. | NHC | |
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101k | Undated, at Mare Island Navy Yard. Photo from "U.S. Warships of World War One" by P. H. Silverstone and also NHC photo 61573. | Robert Hurst/Terry Miller, Executive Director, Tin Can Sailors Inc. | |
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112k | Undated, USS Iris (1898-1917) in San Diego harbour, California while serving as a torpedo vessel tender for the Pacific Fleet. USS Davis (TB-12) and USS Fox (TB-13) are alongside. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson (Photo # 52568). | Robert Hurst | |
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72k | Undated, location unknown. Photo from Jane's Fighting Ships 1914. | Robert Hurst | |
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104k | USS Ranger (1876-1940) drying sails, while moored off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, in December 1899. Torpedo boats in right distance are USS Davis (TB-12) and USS Fox (TB-13) (Photo # NH 59946). | Robert Hurst | |
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95k | NHC photo 71752. USS Davis (TB-12) and USS Fox (TB-13) in drydock at Mare Island Navy Yard circa 1900. The USS Marblehead (C-11) is also in the drydock. Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1970. | Terry Miller, Executive Director, Tin Can Sailors Inc. | |
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97k | Photo #: NH 100039-KN. "Torpedo Fleet, San Diego, California" photograph taken during the early 1900s, published on a color-tinted postcard at about that time by Edward H. Mitchell of San Francisco, California. Present are (from left to right); USS Davis (Torpedo Boat # 12); USS Rowan (Torpedo Boat # 8); USS Goldsborough (Torpedo Boat # 20); and USS Farragut (Torpedo Boat # 11). Courtesy of R.D. Jeska, 1984. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | NHC | |
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65k | Photo #: NH 93722. U.S. Pacific Fleet Torpedo Craft at a West Coast Port, circa the early 1910s. Ships present are (from front): USS Davis (Torpedo Boat # 12) and USS Fox (Torpedo Boat # 13) ... either could be in the foreground, with her sister immediately behind; USS Farragut (Torpedo Boat # 11); and either Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10), Perry (Destroyer # 11) or Preble (Destroyer # 12). Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Bill Gonyo | |
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