Name USS M. M. Davis Completed 1912 Commissioned 1917 Length 46 m | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 7 April 1917 Struck 1 May 1919 Builder Jackson and Sharpe | |
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.
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