[US NAVAL] Ellsworth "Dave" Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March 1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters, and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone, operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. Offered here is an archive of approx. 39 letters [ALS], dated 1933, to Mrs. Ellsworth Davis [wife] at Hartford, Ct. Includes approx. 18 stamped envelopes with U.S.S. Fairfax postmarks. Most letters written on U.S.S. FAIRFAX (93) stationery, from Cuban waters [mostly Guantanamo Bay]. Most letters signed "Dave" and a few signed "Daddy". One is signed "Ellsworth" , unusual at this time when writing to his wife. We haven't read these letters for content but he's telling her of his activities, and where they have been.

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