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USS Dayton (CL-105)
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| 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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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.
 USS Dayton launching |
 Capt P. W. Steinhagen and Executive Officers |
 USS Dayton during occupation of Japan |
 USS Dayton in Naples, fall 1947 |
See USS Dayton for other ships of the same name.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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