USS DAYTON (CL-105)

USS Dayton
Career	USN Jack
Laid down:	8 March 1943
Launched:	19 March 1944
Commissioned:	7 January 1945
Decommissioned:	1 March 1949
Struck:	1 September 1961
Fate:	Sold for scrap on 6 April 1962
General Characteristics
Displacement:	10,000 tons
Length:	610 ft 1 in
Beam:	66 ft 6 in
Draft:	20 ft
Propulsion:	100,000 shp; geared steam turbines, 4 boilers, 4 screws
Speed:	33 knots
Range:	11,000 miles
Complement:	992 officers and enlisted
Armament:	12 × 6 in, 12 × 5 in guns
Aircraft:	4 x Curtis SO3C Seamew

'USS ''Dayton'' (CL-105)' was a ''Cleveland''-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. The ship is named after the city of Dayton, Ohio.

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History

''Dayton'' images

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References

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History

The ship was launched 19 March 1944 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. H. Rueger, and commissioned 7 January 1945, Captain P. W. Steinhagen in command. Construction for the ''Dayton'' was underwritten in part by the citizens of the City of Dayton Ohio through the purchase of war bonds.
''Dayton'' arrived at Pearl Harbor 15 May for training, and reached San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 16 June to join the 3rd Fleet. On 1 July, she sortied with the Fleet for the final strikes along the Japanese coast, screening the fast carrier task groups and conducting shore bombardments. She entered Tokyo Bay 10 September and, except for a brief period of upkeep at Eniwetok, remained on occupation duty until 7 November when she got underway for San Pedro, California, arriving 19 November.
''Dayton'' sailed from San Pedro 24 January 1946 and arrived at Pearl Harbor 6 days later en route to Japan. Her orders were changed and on 7 February she sailed to join the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, conducting training at Guantanamo Bay on her way to Norfolk, Virginia, her assigned home port.
On 3 February 1947, ''Dayton'' sailed from Norfolk for a tour in the Mediterranean, exercising off Malta, and paying calls, including a diplomatic visit to Istanbul, Turkey, then sailed again to the Mediterranean, acting as flagship for Commander, Naval Forces, Mediterranean, for part of this deployment from which she returned to Boston 30 November. Following local operations from Newport and another cruise to the Mediterranean between 9 February and 26 June 1948, ''Dayton'' was placed out of commission in reserve at Boston 1 March 1949. She was stricken from the Naval Register on 1 September 1961, and sold 6 April 1962.
''Dayton'' received one battle star for World War II service.

''Dayton'' images

See also

See USS ''Dayton'' for other ships of the same name.

References

External links

★ history.navy.mil: USS ''Dayton''

★ navsource.org: USS ''Dayton''

★ hazegray.org: USS ''Dayton''