Davis, John Edward, Jr., TM2c

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Last Rate
Torpedoman's Mate 2nd Class
Last Primary NEC
TM-0000-Torpedoman's Mate
Last Rating/NEC Group
Torpedoman's Mate
Primary Unit
1944-1945, TM-0000, USS Lagarto (SS-371)
Service Years
1941 - 1945
TM-Torpedoman's Mate

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Home State
Arkansas
Arkansas
 Year of Birth
1922
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Little Rock, AR		 Last Address
Little Rock, AR
Casualty Date
May 04, 1945		  
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Pacific Ocean		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
(cenotaph)

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Last Known Activity:


The USS Lagarto (SS-371) was on a War Patrol and was announced as "overdue from patrol and presumed lost" on 10 August 1945. A post war examination of Japanese records suggest that the Lagarto was probably sunk by a Japanese mine layer the Hatsutaka, on 3 May 1945. Torpedoman's Mate Second Class Davis Jr. was listed as missing in action and later declared dead 25 may 1946.
   
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Service number: 6300447

Submarine war patrols:
USS Gato (SS-212) - 1st
USS Trigger (SS-237) - 4th through 9th
USS Lagarto (SS-371) - 1st and 2nd

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  1943-1944, TM-0000, USS Trigger (SS-237)

TM-Torpedoman's Mate

From Month/Year
February / 1943
To Month/Year
May / 1944

Unit
USS Trigger (SS-237) Unit Page

Rank
Torpedoman 3rd Class
NEC
TM-0000-Torpedoman's Mate

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Trigger (SS-237) Details

USS Trigger (SS-237) 		 
Trigger (SS-237) underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, 6 April 1942.
Career
Builder: Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Laid down: 1 February 1941
Launched: 22 October 1941
Sponsored by: Mrs. Walter N. Vernou
Commissioned: 31 January 1942
Struck: 11 July 1945
Fate: Sunk by Japanese vessels in the East China Sea, 28 March 1945
General characteristics
Class & type: Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement: 1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced
2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged
Length: 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam: 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft: 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum
Propulsion: 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 9-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators
2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears
two propellers
5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced
2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed: 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced
9 kn (17 km/h) submerged
Range: 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance: 48 hours at 2 kn (4 km/h) submerged
75 days on patrol
Test depth: 300 ft (90 m)
Complement: 6 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament: 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
 (six forward, four aft)
 24 torpedoes
1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon


Type
Sub-Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Submarines
Strength
Submarine

Created/Owned By
ET McPhillips, Thomas, Jr. (SS), ET3(SS) 276
   

Last Updated: Sep 27, 2022
   
   
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USS Trigger (SS-237)
Weeks, John Richard, CPO, (1941-1945) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Benson, Roy, RADM, (1929-1969) OFF 112X Commander
Fiste, Harold Leroy, CPO, (1939-1945) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Williams, Charles Arthur, CPO, (1939-1945) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
McDonough, G. W., PO1, (1942-1945) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Johanson, Lester Arne, PO2, (1942-1945) RT RT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Maben, Charles Grover, PO2, (1942-1945) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Schless, Leon Lloyd, PO1, (1940-1943) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Delone, Maurice Vincent, PO3, (1943-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Fisher, Joseph Paul, PO3, (1943-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Harlfinger, Frederick Joseph, VADM, (1935-1974) OFF Commander
Dornin, Robert Edson, CAPT, (1935-1965) OFF Lieutenant Commander
Schneider, Earle Caffrey, LCDR, (1929-1943) OFF Lieutenant Commander
Beach, Jr., Edward, CAPT, (1939-1966) Lieutenant
Irish, Charles Butler, LT, (1941-1945) OFF Lieutenant
Sincavich, John William, LT, (1939-1945) OFF Lieutenant
Johnson, Stanley Gottfried, LTJG, (1943-1945) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Roberts, Clayton John, LTJG, (1940-1945) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Dodane, Robert Lee, LCDR, (1936-1945) Lieutenant Commander
Shepherd, John Eldon, LCDR, (1938-1945) Lieutenant Commander
Beach, Edward Latimer, CAPT, (1935-1966) Lieutenant Junior Grade

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