Photos and the story

George E. Davis

Class	John C. Butler class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-357
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched	1944-04-08
Commissioned	1944-08-11
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 11 November 1954. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command	Lincoln, Frederick Irwin Commanding officer from 11 August 1944

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

George E. Davis, hull DE-357, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Lt. George Elliot Davis. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 15 February 1944 and launched her on 8 April 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 11 August 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Frederick Irwin Lincoln.

Her Pacific duty took her to Borneo, Hollandia, New Guinea, and the Philippines.

Her commissioned service ended on 11 November 1954. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.