Gregory Caldwell Davison

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military Service: Lieutenant in the US Navy, 1904. From Admiral Shepard's obituary.

• Occupation: From Census, 1910, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Marine Boat, Electric Boat Company

• Occupation: Vice President, Electric Boat Company, 5 Nov 1915. K-2'S BUILDERS BACK LITTLE'S AGREEMENT;

Vice President Davidson Testifies Electric Boat Co. Guaranteed Its Batteries.

INSPECTION TASK TOO BIG

It Was Impossible for Rear Admiral to Examine Everything, Lieutenant Child Asserts.

Special to The New York Times. ();
November 05, 1915, Page 14

BOSTON, Nov. 4. -- Gregory C. Davidson, Vice President of the Electric Boat Company, testified today as a witness for the defense in the court-martial of Rear Admiral William N. Little, retired, charged with neglect of duty and careless methods as an inspection officer during the construction of the submarine K-2, at Fore River.

• Biography: Who's who in New England, edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Second Edition, 1916. DAVISON, Gregory Caldwell, engineer; b. Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 12, 1871; s. Alexander Caldwell and Sarah Caroline (Pelot) Davison: grad. U.S. Naval Acad., 1892; m. Alice Shepard, of New Y'ork, Apr. 11, 1898. Midshipman, at sea, 1892-4; commd. ensign, 1894; served on various ships during Spanish-Am. War; commd. it., 1899, It. comdr., 1907 (resigned 1908); with Electric Boat Co. since 1908, now v.-p.; also v.-p. New London Ship & Engine Co., Am. Ordnance Development Co. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Am. Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Engrs., Am. Soc. Naval Engrs., Am. Assn. Masters, Mates and Pilots, U.S. Naval Inst. Clubs: Army and Navy (Washington, D.C.); Army and Navy (New York). Republican. Episcopalian. Has long been identified with development of torpedoes and submarines; inventor turbine torpedoes and numerous appliances used in submarines. In 1910 commanded the submarine Salmon on voyage from Boston to Bermuda and return, first over-sea trip ever made by a submarine under its own power. Home: New London. Conn. Office: Groton, Conn.

• Biography: Who's Who in New York City, Issue 7 By Lewis Randolph Hamersly, 1917-1918, New York, New York. Caldwell, Gregory Caldwell

Mfr. b. Jefferson City, Mo. Aug. 12, 1871; s. Alexander Caldwell and Sarah Caroline (Pelot) Davison; grad. U.S. Naval Acad., class of 1892; m. Philidelphia, Apr. 1898, Alice Shepard. U.S. Navy until 1908, when resigned as Lieut.-Commd'r to become v.p. Electric Boat Co., still occupying same. Mem. Soc. of Mech. Engrs., Am. Soc. of Naval Engrs., A.A.A.S. Clubs: N.Y. Yacht, Army and Navy (Washington). Residence, New London, Conn., Address, Electric Boat Co., Groton Conn.

• Occupation: Mechanical Engineer, 1920, New London, New London, Connecticut. From 1920 Census

• Obituary: New York Times, Page 21, 9 May 1935, New York, New York.

• Cemetery: Arlingotn National Cemetery, May 1935, Arlington, Virginia. Gregory Caldwell Davison

Birth: unknown
Death: May 7, 1935

Note: LT COM US NAVY

Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot: Sec: I, Site: 605
Created by: John C. Anderson
Record added: Mar 05, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 49226558

Gregory married Alice Shepard, daughter of Rear Admiral Edwin Malcolm Shepard and Alice Stevens, in 1898. (Alice Shepard was born on 28 Dec 1872 in New York and died on 3 Feb 1955.)