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Contact Info
Home Town Jefferson City
Last Address Lyme, CT
Date of Passing May 07, 1935
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Resigned his commission on 12/31/1907 and immediately became a Vice President of the Electric Boat Company. LCDR Davison was an expert at torpedos, mines and naval guns.
1911 - 4 years after he resigned his commission, while working for Electric Boat, Gregory Davison was the Navigator of the USS Salmon, (later re-named D-3), for the first transoceanic journey by an American submarine.
Other Comments:
In 1942, the destroyer USS Davison (DD-618) was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Davison.
USS Hist, formerly Thespia, was built in 1895. She was purchased at Norfolk from David Dows, Jr., on 22 April 1898 for use in the Spanish-American War. Hist commissioned 13 May at New York, Lt. Lucien Young in command.
