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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=U.S.S. ''Davis'' (1898)|fate2=
|hullno=TB-12
|comm=10 May, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 160}}
|fatedate=21 Apr, 1920{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 37}}
|order=Act of 10 June, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 160}}
|strick=12 Nov, 1913{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 37}}
|name=Davis
|launch=4 Jun, 1898{{Conways1860|p. 160}}
|builder=[[Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works|Wolff & Zwicker]]{{Conways1860|p. 160}}
|laid=2 Mar, 1897{{Conways1860|p. 160}}
|decomm=28 Mar, 1913{{Conways1860|p. 160}}
|fate=Sold
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Davis''''' was one of two [[Davis Class Torpedo Boat (1898)|''Davis'' class torpedo boats]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].

==Construction==
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''Davis'' was launched 4 June, 1898 by [[Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works|Wolff & Zwicker]], sponsored by Miss H. Wolff.

During a builder's trial on October 20, 1898 the ''Davis''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> forward boiler exploded, scalding seven of the trial crew badly.  At least one man died from his injuries.  With extensive repairs necessary, her Navy trial board, led by {{LCommUS}} [[Franklin Jeremiah Drake|Franklin J. Drake]], was dissolved.<ref>"Official Report on Torpedo Boat".  ''The Morning Record'' (Meriden, CT).  Friday, 22 October, 1898.  Vol. '''XIII'''.  No. '''94''', col E, p. 7.</ref>

==Service==
''Davis'' commissioned 10 May, 1899, {{LCommUS}} [[Reginald Fairfax Nicholson|Reginald F. Nicholson]] in command.

After trials, ''Davis'' was placed out of commission on 5 June, 1899 and laid up at [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] in reserve.  She was recommissioned 23 March, 1908 and assigned to [[Pacific Torpedo Fleet]]. She participated in the review for the Secretary of the Navy on 8 May 1908, then cruised along the west coast as far north as the Columbia River and south as far as Magdalena Bay, Mexico, until placed in reserve at Mare Island on 28 October, 1909.

''Davis'' was recommissioned 1 November, 1910 for service in the San Diego area until 10 May, 1911 when she again went into reserve at Mare Island.  In May, 1912 she was towed to Puget Sound for assignment to the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was decommissioned there on 28 March, 1913 and sold for scrap 21 April, 1920.

==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Davis''" nat="US">
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Reginald Fairfax Nicholson|nick=Reginald F. Nicholson|appt=10 May, 1899|end=5 June, 1899|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=John William Lewis|nick=John W. Lewis|appt=1 November, 1910{{USOfficerReg1911|pp. 44, 237}}{{INF}}|end=10 May, 1911{{INF}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Davis_(TB-12)}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{Conways1860}}
* {{FriedmanUSDestroyers}}
* {{SilverstoneNewNavy}}
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