USS M. M. Davis (SP-314)
History | |
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United States | |
Name: | USS M. M. Davis |
Namesake: | Previous name retained |
Builder: | Jackson and Sharpe, Wilmington, Delaware |
Completed: | 1912 |
Acquired: | 7 April 1917 |
Commissioned: | 1917 |
Struck: | 1 May 1919 |
Fate: | Sold 1 July 1919 |
Notes: | Served as commercial motorboat M. M. Davis 1912-1917 and 1919-1934 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Minesweeper |
Tonnage: | 298 tons |
Length: | 150 ft (46 m) |
Beam: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
Draft: | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
Armament: | 2 × 1-pounder guns |
USS M. M. Davis (SP-314) was a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919.
M. M. Davis was built as a commercial motorboat in 1912 by Jackson and Sharpe at Wilmington, Delaware. The U.S. Navy purchased her from the C. E. Davis Packing Company on 7 April 1917 for World War I use.
Assigned to the 5th Naval District, M. M. Davis operated as a minesweeper for the rest of World War I.
M. M. Davis was stricken from the Navy List on 1 May 1919 and sold back to C. E. Davis Packing on 1 July 1919. She operated commercially until 1934.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive M. M. Davis (SP 314)
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