USS Rodney M. Davis
USS ''Rodney M. Davis'' (FFG-60) was an guided missile frigate of the United States Navy named for Marine Sergeant Rodney Maxwell Davis (1942–1967), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Vietnam War. ''Rodney M. Davis'' was laid down on 8 February 1985 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California; Launched on 11 January 1986; Christened by Mrs. Judy P. Davis, Widow of Sgt. Davis, and commissioned on 9 May 1987. The ship was homeported at Yokosuka, Japan for several years while assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15. ''Rodney M. Davis'' was decommissioned at NS Everett on 23 January 2015. She was sunk 12 July 2022 during RIMPAC 2022. History On 28 April 2001 a US Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) assigned to ''Rodney M. Davis'', with later assistance from the (based in Port Angeles, WA) made the largest cocaine seizure in maritime history when they boarded and seized the Belizean F/V ' ...
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