Davis K. Philips, a 116 gross ton steam-powered menhaden fishing vessel, was built at Damariscotta, Maine, in 1877. Though described on her official data card as "40 yrs old and below require speed", she was acquired by the Navy from Bellows & Squires of Ocran, Virginia, and placed in commission as USS Davis K. Philips (SP-978) in May 1917. During the rest of World War I, and perhaps for some months after the November 1918 Armistice, the ship was employed in the vicinity of Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay as a harbor tug and on anti-submarine net patrol duties. Davis K. Philips was sold in June 1919.
Note: Volume II of the "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" lists this ship's name as David K. Philips. However, her official data card calls her Davis K. Philips.
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