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USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - X - S - M

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 4 stars - WWII Victory Medal

CLASS: Edsall      TYPE: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full)    Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots    Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots    Crew: 8 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 9 November 1942, Launched 24 January 1943
Commissioned 14 July 1943

Fate: Torpedoed and sunk by U-546 in the North Atlantic on 24 April 1945

Over 100 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	142k	Artist's conception of *Frederick C. Davis* by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett, with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company, Navy Yard Associates, offers prints of most destroyers, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. *ALL the destroyer escorts* ARE available in their WWII configuration. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. When you purchase artwork from them, please indicate that you heard about their work from Navsource.		Navy Yard Associates
	54k	undated wartime image		-

View the USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Last Reunion Info We Have: May 2001, Albany NY

Contact Name: Bill Riemer
Address: 2104 S. Hawthorne Park Drive / Janesville WI 53545-2039
Phone: (608) 754-7493
E-mail: Bill Riemer

Note About Contacts

Contact information is compiled from various sources over a period of time and may, or may not, be correct. Every effort has been
made to list the newest contact. However, our entry is only as good as the latest information that's been sent to us. We list only
a contact for the ship if one has been sent to us. We do NOT have crew lists or rosters available. Please see the Frequently Asked
Questions section on Navsource's Main Page for that information.

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