USS Dauphin
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USS Dauphin (APA-97) was a Windsor-class attack transport that served with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was sold into commercial service in 1948 and was scrapped in 1979.
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United States | |
Name | USS Dauphin (APA-97) |
Namesake | Dauphin County, Pennsylvania |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel |
Launched | 10 June 1944 |
Sponsored by | Miss B. Conway |
Acquired | 23 September 1944 |
Commissioned | 23 September 1944 |
Decommissioned | 30 April 1946 |
Honours and awards | One battle star for World War II service |
Fate | Scrapped, 1979 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Windsor-class attack transport |
Displacement | 7,970 tons (lt), 13,132 t. (fl) |
Length | 473 ft 1 in (144.20 m) |
Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Propulsion | Bethlehem geared turbine drive, 2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, single propeller, designed shaft horsepower 8,000 |
Speed | 18.6 knots (34.4 km/h) |
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Complement | Officer 54 Enlisted 498 |
Armament | 1 x 5"/38 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 x Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun mounts, 2 x twin 20mm gun mounts, 18 x single 20 mm gun mounts |
Notes | MCV Hull No. 1675, hull type C3-S-A3 |
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