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DE-1045 USS DAVIDSON

CLASS - GARCIA As Built
Displacement, 2620 Tons Standard, 3560 Tons Full Load,
Dimensions, 414' 6" x 44' 3" x 14' 6"; 24' (sonar)
Armament, 2 - 5"/38 (single) Mk 30, 1 ASROC octuple launcher
6-324mm US Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery, 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft
Speed, 27.5 Knots, Range 4000 NM@20 Knts, Crew, 247 (16 officers)

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Avondale Marine, Avondale LA. on September 30 1963.
Launched October 2 1964.
Commissioned December 7 1965.
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1045) on June 30 1975.
Decommissioned December 31 1988.
Fate To Brazil April 15 1989.
Renamed Paraiba.
Still in Brazilian service as of early 2000.

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Davidson 69 Undated USN
Davidson 92 Postcard from the 1968-1969 WESTPAC cruise, Note ship's cancellation stamp Russell Crosby
Davidson 72 Picture of the Davidson's hanger curtain door with her moto. The picture was taken in 1987. © James E Burgoyne HT2
Davidson 108 Undated. Russell Crosby
Davidson 88 Undated. Russell Crosby
Davidson 172 Undated. Russell Crosby
Davidson 97 Undated. Russell Crosby
Davidson 35 Undated. Russell Crosby
Davidson 43 Ships Seal. Russell Crosby
Davidson 48K Ship's Patch (DE) Mike Smolinski
Davidson 39K Ship's Patch (FF) Mike Smolinski
Davidson 48K Ship's Patch (FF) Mike Smolinski

CREW PHOTOS

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Davidson 152 Refueling underway on her first WESTPAC cruise in 1967. The shorter of the two Officers and one standing to left is Lt. Robert K.U. Kihune who later rose to the rank of Admiral. After retiring, he later went on to become Vice-Chairman and President of the USS MISSOURI memorial at Pearl Harbor. © Russell Crosby

USS DAVIDSON DE-1045 History
Not available at this time
DANFS History Archive
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: None


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
USS Davidson Web Site

Destroyer Escort Sailors Association


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