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USS George E. Davis (DE-357)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - T - F - O

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: China Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row: World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Class: John C. Butler      Type: WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons    Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38 DP, 4 (2x2) 40mm AA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots    Range: 6000 nm @ 12 knots    Crew: 14 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 15 February 1944
Launched 8 April 1944, Commissioned 11 August 1944
Decommissioned 26 August 1946
Recommissioned 11 July 1951, assigned to NRT, 1st Naval District at Newport RI
Decommissioned 11 November 1954, Stricken 1 December 1972

Fate: Sold for scrapping 2 January 1974

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
72k	George Elliot Davis, Jr. was born in Martin, Pa. on 5 December 1913 and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1935. Until 1937 he served in USS *Maryland* (BB-46) as an aircraft gunnery observer; and, subsequently, until June 1938, he was on duty in USS *West Virginia* (BB-48). Transferred 15 June 1938 to USS *Houston* (CA-30), flagship of the Asiatic Fleet, Lt. Davis served in her until 4 February 1942 when he was killed in action by enemy aircraft near Madoera Strait, Borneo. USS *George E. Davis* (DE-357) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo from the USS George E. Davis Web Site thanks to Norman Morrison)	Bill Gonyo
107k	8 August 1944: Orange TX - A group photo taken at the launching of USS *George E. Davis*. The man in uniform at the far left is George's brother, Dr. John E. Davis, who was born in 1920. He served in the Navy as a doctor and was stationed on Saipan. In the back row on the far left (man in suit) is George Eliot Davis, father of George E. Davis, Jr. In the front row, the second woman from the left in the white hat is Grace Davis (George's mother) and front row, center, the woman with the rose bouquet is Jane Hine Davis, the widow of Lt. George E. Davis Jr. (She later remarried.)	Norman Morrison From the Davis Family photo collection
110k	8 August 1944: Orange TX - Jane Hine Davis, the widow of Lt. George E. Davis and the ship's sponsor, poses for a portrait holding flowers.
74k	8 August 1944: Orange TX - Mrs. Davis in what looks to be a posed picture, preparing for the christening.
74k	8 August 1944: Orange TX - Mrs. Davis actually christens USS *George E. Davis*.
88k	8 August 1944: Orange TX - Mrs. Davis watches as the ship is launched.
86k	8 August 1944: Orange TX - USS *George E. Davis* enters the water for the first time.
143k	11 August 1944: Orange TX - The crew of USS *George E. Davis* and surrounding ships stand at "present arms" during the ceremony.
60k	undated wartime image	Norman Morrison
261k	undated, San Francisco Bay (© Allied Photographers, San Francisco CA)	Robert M. Cieri

View the USS George E. Davis (DE-357), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

George E. Davis DE-357 Web Site

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