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|Ship caption=''Davis K. Philips'' (American Menhaden Fishing Vessel, 1877) In port, possibly while she was in U.S. Navy service. Several men in what appear to be enlisted working uniforms are on her decks and those of a nearby vessel.
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|Ship country=United States
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|Ship name=USS ''David K. Philips''
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'''USS ''David K. Philips'' (ID-978)''' was a United States Navy [[tugboat|harbor tug]] during [[World War I]].
''David K. Philips'' was built in 1877. She was purchased by the Navy and placed in service on 21 May 1917. She was assigned to the [[5th Naval District]] where she performed net patrol and harbor tug duties in the [[Norfolk, Virginia]] region throughout the war. She was stricken from the [[Navy List]] on 24 April 1919 and sold at Norfolk on 23 June 1919.
The boat operated as a private fishing vessel out of Reedsville, Va., through at least 1968.
Nothing more is known about ''David K. Philips''
==References==
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d2/David_K_Philips.htm}}
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[[Category:Tugs of the United States Navy]]
[[Category:Patrol vessels of the United States Navy]]
[[Category:World War I patrol vessels of the United States]]
[[Category:1877 ships]]