USS M. M. Davis (SP-314)

Career (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 x 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.

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