USS Rodney M . Davis ( FFG - 60 ) USS " Rodney M . Davis " ( FFG - 60 ) is an of the United States Navy named for Marine Sergeant Rodney M . 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 28 October 1982 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Co . , Los Angeles Division , San Pedro , Ca . ; launched on 11 January 1986 ; and commissioned on 9 May 1987 . The ship was homeported at Yokosuka , Japan for several years while assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 . As of 2005 , " Rodney M . Davis " is homeported at NS Everett , Washington , and assigned to Destroyer Squadron 9 . History . On 28 April 2001 a US Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment ( LEDET ) assigned to the " 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 " Svesda Maru " 1 , 500 miles south of San Diego . The fishing vessel was carrying 26 , 931 pounds of cocaine . In the summer of 2005 , " Davis " participated in the 11th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training ( CARAT ) exercise . CARAT is an annual series of bilateral military training exercises designed to enhance cooperative working partnerships with several Southeast Asian nations . Ensuring freedom of the seas by increasing maritime security efforts in the region is a primary focus of the CARAT series . In the summer of 2006 , with the help of the crew from the " Rodney M . Davis " , 11 tons of creosote logs were removed from the beaches of NAVMAG " Indian Island " . The project was completed with no labor cost , due to the support of the " Davis " crew on this shoreline enhancement project . Removal of creosote contaminant source from the beaches enhances shoreline habitat and marine water quality . 2006 - 2007 Deployment . " Davis " departed Naval Station ( NAVSTA ) Everett for a deployment to the Southern Pacific , 28 November 2006 . On 3 March 2007 , Sailors from " Davis " participated in two community relations ( COMREL ) projects during the ship ’ s visit to Panama in February . The " Davis " Sailors ' COMREL efforts included visits to local orphanages and maintenance / improvements at a library in the Cinco de Mayo district of the city . Sailors spent their day cleaning , repairing , and painting chairs and cabinets at the Eusebio Morales Library . Five more " Davis " sailors visited a local orphanage , Hogar Divino Nino , to spend time with infants and toddler orphans to give them some much needed human contact . The " Davis " sailors took diapers , formula , baby wipes and other child care supplies to aid the staff at the orphanage . The two groups reassembled at another orphanage , Nutre Hogar , to hand out Spanish - language Disney movies to the children , which were part of a generous donation made through the Jacksonville , Fla . , area office of the United Service Organizations ( USO ) . " Davis " completed her transit of the Panama Canal on 25 March 2007 from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean . The Sailors of " Davis " completed their third community relations ( COMEL ) project in Panama City , Panama on 3 April 2007 . During the ship ’ s three - day port visit , 21 members of the crew spent a day helping to improve Hogar Nuevo Pacto , a home for abused children in Panama City . The crew raised $ 1 , 100 in donations to pay for supplies and improvements for the home . " Davis " sailors bought equipment to repaint the inside of the house , as well as groceries , new shower curtains , bed sheets , and light fixtures for the children ’ s living areas . The home , previously U . S . military housing , was greatly in need of some modernization and assistance from able hands . Despite rainy weather outside , the crew spent the day productively inside , painting hallways and bedrooms , installing conveniences like toilet paper dispensers and toothbrush holders in the bathrooms , and replacing lights and correcting electrical safety problems . On the evening of 19 April 2007 , " Davis " intercepted the fishing vessel " Mariana de Jesus " in international waters . The 33 - foot vessel was overcrowded with 31 migrants . " Davis " gave the migrants food and water and they were all examined by the ship ' s medical personnel . Some were treated for mild dehydration and headaches , but overall they were found to be in good physical condition . The migrants were then transferred to the El Salvadoran Navy . On 23 April 2007 , the Costa Rican Coast Guard vessel " Juan Rafael Mora " ( JRM ) and " Davis " intercepted the fishing vessel " Kuerubin " with 61 Chinese migrants , all of whom were transferred to the JRM . " Davis " was tasked to ensure their health and safety was maintained by providing food , water , and medical supplies . All were malnourished and dehydrated for they had been without food or water for four days . The frigate returned to Everett naval base on 12 June 2007 after a six - month deployment in the war on drugs . The first maritime seizure of liquid cocaine occurred 25 April when the " Davis " located the fishing vessel " Emperador " from Ecuador in the Eastern Pacific . A Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment ( LEDET ) boarded the " Emperador " and located 3 , 850 gallons of liquid cocaine . Each gallon of the liquid is the equivalent of 1 . 3 kilograms of processed cocaine . The Coast Guard boarding team detained the 17 crewmembers of the vessel . Sixteen of the crewmembers were from Ecuador , and one of the crewmembers was Colombian . The Coast Guard boarding team and crew of the " Davis " transported the vessel to Guayaquil , Ecuador , for further examination by officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration and Ecuadorian authorities . The majority of the liquid cocaine , 3 , 600 gallons , was turned over to Ecuadorian authorities for destruction . " Rodney M . Davis " was again underway in late spring , 2008 . In the course of conducting workups for a fall deployment , the " Davis " was ordered to participate in RIMPAC 2008 off Hawaii . While docked in Pearl Harbor prior to the exercise , an unusual helicopter detachment embarked the " Davis " . For the first time in 10 years , was in Hawaii . She had been the Navy ' s only forward deployed aircraft carrier until that spring , and she was on her way to San Diego to crossdeck Carrier Air Wing Five to prior to her decommissioning . Onboard " Kitty Hawk " was a detachment from HS - 14 out of NAF Atsugi , Japan . The detachment went underway with RMD for the entire exercise , providing a force multiplying ASW capability to a ship that was soon surrounded by " enemy " submarines during the exercise . The RMD / HS - 14 Team performed very well , easily allowing her to claim the title of " most deadly " ASW ship in the exercise task group . 2008 - 2009 Deployment . While on patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean , units assigned to the U . S . Navy ' s 4th Fleet and the U . S . Coast Guard intercepted a fishing vessel carrying more than 4 metric tons of cocaine , 5 December . The combined team of USS " Rodney M . Davis " ( FFG 60 ) , with embarked Helicopter Anti - Submarine Squadron Light ( HSL - 43 ) Det . 2 , and U . S . Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment ( LEDET ) 106 intercepted the fishing vessel in an early morning interdiction , capturing nine suspected narcotics smugglers and the large cargo of cocaine with an estimated import value of $ 90 million . A search of the vessel revealed the large amount of cocaine . The narcotics were seized under the authority the Coast Guard LEDET . The coordinated actions of the U . S . Navy , U . S . Coast Guard and Joint Interagency Task Force South were instrumental to the successful interdiction of narcotics . " Rodney M . Davis " , homeported in Everett , Wash . , returned from its 6 month CNT deployment on 21 April 2009 during which it was operating in Latin America under the operational control of U . S . Naval Forces Southern Command ( NAVSO ) and U . S . 4th Fleet , conducting counter illicit trafficking operations in support of JIATF - South , U . S . law enforcement and U . S . and participating nations ' drug control policy . " Rodney M . Davis " is also supporting the U . S . Maritime Strategy by conducting theater security cooperation ( TSC ) events in the Caribbean and Latin America . TSC encompasses a robust strategy that includes military - to - military exchanges , multi - national exercises and training , diplomatic port visits , community relations activities and Project Handclasp distributions . 2010 Deployment . On 23 September 2010 while operating as part of the 4th Fleet , " Rodney M . Davis " captured a 46 foot fishing vessel that flew Ecuadorian colours . Aboard the Ecuadorian vessel the " Rodney M . Davis ' s " US Coast Guard Law enforcement detachment seized 1 , 562 . 5 kilos of cocaine in 62 . 5 bails .