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Davison (DD 618)
ex-DMS-37
ex-DD-618



Call sign:
November - Zulu - Xray - Echo - Foxtrot
Benson Class Destroyer/Ellyson Class Highspeed Minesweeper: Laid down 26 February 1942 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp., Kearny, NJ; Launched, 19 July 1942; Commissioned USS Davison (DD-618), 11 September 1942; Reclassified and converted to a High Speed Minesweeper, DMS-37, 23 June 1945; Placed out of commission, in reserve, 24 June 1949 at San Diego, CA and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Reclassified as a Destroyer, DD-618, 15 July 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 15 January 1972; Sold for scrap by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service 1 August 1973.

Specifications: Displacement 1,630 t.(lt), 2,200 t.(fl); Length 347' 10"; Beam 36' 1" ; Draft 15' 8"; Speed 37 kts; Complement 208; Armament four single 5"/38 gun mounts, four 40mm, five 20mm, six dcp, two dct; Propulsion four boilers, two Westinghouse geared turbines, two shafts.

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For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Source
Davison 24k DMS-37 Benson-Liverman Class Destroyer Website
Davison 80k 28 July 1945
Off Charleston Navy Yard
National Archives photo BS 86598		 Joe Radigan
Quick 91k c. August 1946
San Francisco, CA
McCook (DMS 36), Davison, Mervine (DMS 31) and Quick (DMS 32)		 Albert De Pierro Jr., S1/c
via Lisa De Pierro
Davison 243k 26 May 1947
Sinclair Inlet, off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.		 Tracy White
Davison 195k 26 May 1947
Sinclair Inlet, off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.		 Tracy White
Davison 199k 26 May 1947
Sinclair Inlet, off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.		 Tracy White
Davison 207k 26 May 1947
Sinclair Inlet, off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.		 Tracy White
Davison 149k 26 May 1947
Sinclair Inlet, off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.		 Tracy White
View the Davison (DMS-37)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Reunion Information
When:20 - 24 September 2006
Where:Coast Long Beach Hotel
Long Beach, CA
Contact:Earl J. Lee
Address: 
Phone:619-444-5384
Cell Phone: 619-322-1494
E-mail: reca.lee@subglobal.net
Web site:  
Remarks: This will be the Davison's Final Reunion
Crew Contact
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource DD Pages, USS Davison (DD-618)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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