USS Dayton (CL-105)

USS Dayton in April 1945
Overview
Keel laying	March 8, 1943
Launch	March 19, 1944
Namesake	Dayton , Ohio
1. Period of service
Commissioning	January 7, 1945
Decommissioning	March 1, 1949
Whereabouts	1962 sold for scrapping
Technical specifications
displacement	11,744 ts
length	185.9 m
width	20.3 m
Draft	7.6 m
crew	1355
drive	4 boilers, 4 turbines, 100,000 shaft horsepower
speed	32.5 kn
Range	11,000 nm at 15 kn
Armament	12 × 152 mm L / 47 in 4 triplet towers 12 × 127 mm L / 38 in 6 twin towers 12 × 40 mm L / 56 flak 20 × 20 mm Fla-MK

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

history

The ship was launched on March 19, 1944 at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden . Godmother was a Mrs. Rueger. The commissioning took place on January 7, 1945 by Captain PW Steinhagen.

After training the team, they accompanied the final attacks against the Japanese coast in July 1945 by fast carrier groups and also shelled the coast themselves.

After the Second World War she was first assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and later used in the Mediterranean, including as the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean COMNAVMED . In 1947 the ship delivered supplies to Allied forces near Trieste. The USS Dayton was decommissioned on March 1, 1949, remained in the shipping register until its cancellation on September 1, 1961 and was sold for scrapping in 1962.

The USS Dayton was awarded a Service Star for participating in operations during World War II .

Web links

Commons : USS Dayton (CL-105)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• USS Dayton in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (English)
• Pictures of the Dayton at navsource.org (English)