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Orders for Lieut. Commander Ellsworth Davis, 7 April, 1925
Orders for Lieut. Commander Ellsworth Davis, 7 April, 1925
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[US NAVAL] Navy Department Orders for Lieut. Commander Ellsworth Davis, 7 April, 1925, both sides with signatures. Signed by John Irwin Jr., E.H. Campbell, and on other side signed by J.L. Kauffman, W.D. Brotherton, Jas. P. Aitken, E.HG. Barber, and A.B. Canham. Concerns Ellsworth Davis's duty on the U.S.S. Mississippi. Brief information on some of the signers: Edward Hale Campbell (1872-1946) became a Vice Admiral - with the US being pulled into World War I, he took the precaution of drawing up plans to protect the new Panama Canal; James L. Kauffman (1887-1963) Vice Admiral, the USS Kauffman (FFG-59), in 1986 was named for him and his son; also signed by Ellsworth "Dave" Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March 1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters, and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone, operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. Normal age wear..

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