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IN MEMORY OF NEIL ENEY – CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER – US NAVY
and USS DAVIDSON Shipmate and Fallen Warrior

Neil Eney’s wife Page advised that Neil passed away of Stage 4 Lung Cancer on October 27, 2012. Services for Neil will be held at the St. John’s Episcopal Church in Kirkland, Washington at 3 p.m. on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2012.
 
There is to be a scholarship set up in Neil’s memory at the University of Washington – Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department for benefit of Veterans pursuing higher education.

Neil was a respected sonar and warrant officer aboard the DAVIDSON for its first two WESTPAC cruises.  Neil was a member and supporter of
the USS DAVIDSON Reunion Association.  He provided support with programs, information,
and shared remembrances of times shared with
                                                           his fellow shipmates over the years.

You may contact Page , and the children Crystal and Neilson, at pageeney@comcast.net to share your memories and condolences with the family. Scholarship information can be found at https://www.washington.edu/giving/make-a-gift?page=make&code=NEILSO

We wish God’s special care, love, and blessings for the family at this time of loss of Neil.

 

 

Join us for the 13th annual USS Davidson Reunion!

The reunion for 2013 will be held at the Holiday Inn San Diego Bayside Hotel in San Diego, California, August 22 thru August 25th. To make hotel reservations please call
1 (619) 224-3621, EXT: 701 or toll free (in USA only) 1 (800) 662-8899. Reservations may also be made online here at :
USS Davidson DE/FF 1045 Reunion room reservations at Holiday Inn Bayside

Our Group Code for reservations is US1. We hope to see you there!

The USS Davidson Reunion Association helps USS Charles F. Adams Historic Navy Ship Museum effort!

The USS Davidson Reunion Association recently made a donation to the USS Charles F. Adams restoration project. The Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association (JHNSA) has begun the effort to bring the USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2) to Downtown Jacksonville as an interactive attraction. The JHNSA and the Adams Class Veterans Association (ACVA) are involved in a Capital Campaign to raise the necessary funds to restore the ship, bring her home and prepare a world-class venue. Click here for more information!


The USS Davidson Reunion Association is now on Facebook!

If you are already a member of Facebook, click here and "Become a Fan." Updates from the reunion will be posted as time allows and you can keep track of events happening this week! If you are not a member of Facebook, it's free to join,and you can chat with friends and keep up with the latest events of the USS Davidson Reunion Association!


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The USS Davidson Reunion Association is proud to announce that the USS Davidson Plaque is officially hanging at the US Navy Memorial. A special dedication ceremony took place April 17, 2009 to commemorate the event. Several of our own attended the ceremony. Thank You to all of you who helped make this project a reality with your generous donations.

Please click here for a small video and photos from the dedication ceremony.

 

The U.S.S. Davidson DE -1045 was commissioned December 7th, 1965 as a destroyer escort of the Garcia Class ocean escorts. She was actually larger than her WWII counterparts. She was designed specifically as an anti-submarine warfare ship having the latest sonar capability as well as being armed with an ASROC launcher, torpedo launchers and two 5" 38 caliber guns. The Davidson was reclassified as a frigate FF-1045 in the mid 70's. She was home ported at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii throughout her years in commission in the U.S. Navy. She was decommissioned in 1988 and then she was put into naval service as the PARAIBA D-28, a PARA class destroyer, in the Marinha do Brasil which is the Navy of Brazil. She continued her naval service for almost another 14 years until July, 2002 at which time she (he in the Marinha do Brasil) was retired and put into retirement in a reserve status.

During her United States Navy service, she made numerous WestPac cruises during the Vietnam war and was one of the many ships to be a part of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club. She also saw service in the Mid Eastern conflicts occurring in the Arabian Gulf in the 80's. She exemplifies service in the Destroyer Navy and the experiences young men had going to sea aboard a "Greyhound of the Sea" during the Vietnam Years.

 

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