USS Dayton (CL-105)
_underway_at_sea,_in_1945.jpg) USS Dayton (CL-105), 1945
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Dayton |
| Namesake | City of Dayton, Ohio |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 8 March 1943 |
| Launched | 19 March 1944 |
| Commissioned | 7 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 1 March 1949 |
| Stricken | 1 September 1961 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap on 6 April 1962 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cleveland-class light cruiser |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 610 ft 1 in (185.95 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft 4 in (20.22 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 1,285 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Armor |
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| Aircraft carried | 4 × floatplanes |
| Aviation facilities | 2 × stern catapults |
USS Dayton was a
5 in (127 mm) dual-purpose guns. They had a top speed of 32.5 knots
(60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph).
The ship was launched 19 March 1944 by
war bonds.[citation needed
]
Design
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The Cleveland-class
US Navy quickly followed. Though still neutral, the United States recognized that war was likely and the urgent need for additional ships ruled out an entirely new design, so the Clevelands were a close development of the earlier Brooklyn-class cruisers, the chief difference being the substitution of a two-gun 5 in (127 mm) dual-purpose gun mount for one of the main battery 6 in (152 mm) gun turrets.[2]
Dayton was 610 feet 1 inch (186 m)
kW), the turbines were intended to give a top speed of 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph). Her crew numbered 1285 officers and enlisted men.[3]
The ship was armed with a main battery of twelve
Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in) guns in four quadruple and six double mounts and ten Oerlikon 20 mm (0.79 in) guns in single mounts.[3]
The ship's
amidships where it protected the ammunition magazines and propulsion machinery spaces. Her deck armor was 2 in (51 mm) thick. The main battery turrets were protected with 6.5 in (170 mm) faces and 3 in (76 mm) sides and tops, and they were supported by barbettes 6 inches thick. Dayton's conning tower had 5-inch sides.[3]
Service history
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The
Task Force 38, and she was assigned to the subordinate unit Task Group 38.1, along with five aircraft carriers, three fast battleships, four other cruisers, and several destroyers.[6]
Two weeks later, on 1 July, the fleet sortied to carry out a series of air strikes on Japanese targets in the
battle star during her short wartime career.[5]
On 24 January 1946, Dayton departed San Pedro for Pearl Harbor, arriving there on the 30th. From there, she got underway bound for Japan, but while still en route on 7 February, she received a change in orders transferring her to the
ship breakers on 6 April 1962.[9]
Footnotes
Notes
Citations
References
- Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990, Major Combatants. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
- "Dayton (CL-105)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- Friedman, Norman (1980). "United States of America". In Gardiner, Robert & Chesneau, Roger (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 86–166. ISBN 978-0-87021-913-9.
- Friedman, Norman (1984). U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-739-5.
- ISBN 978-1-59114-119-8.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Dayton (CL-105).
- Photo gallery of USS Dayton (CL-105 at NavSource Naval History