USS Davis (TB-12)

USS Davis (Torpedo Boat No. 12/TB-12) was launched 4 June 1898 by Wolff and Zwicker, Portland, Oregon; sponsored by Miss H. Wolff; and commissioned 10 May 1899, Lieutenant Commander R. F. Nicholson in command.

USS Davis (TB-12) in Mare Island's Drydock #1 in April 1905.
History
United States
Name	Davis
Namesake	Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis
Ordered	10 June 1896 (authorised)
Builder	Wolff & Zwicker, Portland, OR
Laid down	2 March 1897
Launched	4 June 1898
Sponsored by	Miss H. Wolff
Commissioned	10 May 1899
Decommissioned	28 March 1913
Identification	TB-12
Fate	Sold, 21 April 1920
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Davis-class torpedo boat
Displacement	154 long tons (156 t)[2]
Length	148 ft (45.1 m)
Beam	15 ft 4 in (4.7 m)
Draft	5 ft 10 in (1.8 m) (mean)[2]
Installed power	2 × Thornycroft boilers 1,750 ihp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	Vertical triple expansion engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) 23.41 kn (26.94 mph; 43.36 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2]
Complement	24 officers and enlisted
Armament	3 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) guns 3 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes (3x1)

After trials Davis was placed out of commission 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 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 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 28 March 1913 and sold for scrap 21 April 1920.