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USS DAYTON (CL 105)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Bravo - Echo - Whiskey

CLASS - CLEVELAND
Displacement 10,000 Tons, Dimensions, 610' 1" (oa) x 66' 4" x 25' (Max)
Armament 12 x 6"/47, 12 x 5"/38AA, 28 x 40mm, 10 x 20mm, 4 Aircraft
Armor, 5" Belt, 6" Turrets, 2" Deck, 5" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 100,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 32.5 Knots, Crew 1255.
Operational and Building Data
Ordered 07 AUG 1942
Keel laid on 08 MAR 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ
Launched 19 MAR 1944
Commissioned 07 JAN 1945
Decommissioned 01 MAR 1949
Stricken 01 SEP 1961
Fate: Sold for scrap on 06 APR 1962 to Boston Metals, Baltimore, MD.

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - World War II Occupation Medal w/Asia Clasp - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0410518	593k	Dayton (CL 105) on the shipway at the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey a couple of days before her launching.	Dale Hargrave
	164k	USS Dayton (CL 105) Launching, at the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey, 19 March 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 45501.	USNHC
	28k	USS Dayton (CL 105) Off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 23 April 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph	USNHC
	92k	USS Dayton (CL 105) Underway in the Delaware River, near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 23 April 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98821.	USNHC
0410516	697k	Post-war photo, at anchor, date and location unknown.	David Buell
	70k	Port side view, at anchor in an unknown port, 1946. From the collection of the Naval Record Club.	USN
0410514	100k	Port quarter view while moored at Norfolk, VA, spring 1946. From the collection of Pearl Harbor Survivor Dale Magnus (forwarded by Carol Edgemon Hipperson author of? Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor & World War II in the Pacific).	Dale Magnus
0408214	241k	Moored in Naples, Italy, sometime in May 1947, outboard of USS Providence (CL 82) (right). USS Yellowstone (AD 27) is in the background. From the collection of Tony Linck. (location identified by Charles Taylor)	John Chiquoine
0410517	184k	Moored in Naples, Italy, sometime in May, 1947, outboard of USS Providence (CL 82) (left). Photo taken from USS Yellowstone (AD 27). From the collection of Tony Linck. (location identified by Charles Taylor)	John Chiquoine
0409213	254k	Maneuvers of the active postwar fleet for the training of regular and reserve personnel who will man the "Zipper-Fleet" should an emergency arise. Eight Fleet, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa July/August 1947 - USS Midway (CVB 41), left; USS Princeton (CV 37), left rear; USS Franklin. D. Roosevelt (CVB 42), center; Cruisers USS Macon (CA 132), USS Dayton (CL 105), USS Little Rock (CL 92), center foreground; hospital ship USS Consolation (AH 15), right rear; auxiliaries, left and right foreground.	Tommy Trampp
	98k	USS Dayton (CL 105) At anchor in the Bay of Naples, off Naples, Italy, in the fall of 1947. Mount Vesuvius is in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98823.	USNHC
	164k	Boston Naval Shipyard Annex - Vertical aerial photograph, taken in May 1958. This print has been annotated to mark warehouses used by the U.S. Army. A large number of ships are present, among them twenty Reserve Fleet escort aircraft carriers. Identifiable ships are USS Norfolk (DL 1), at left at the end of the wharf extending from the drydock; USS Antietam (CVS 36), in lower left; and USS Dayton (CL 105), in right center, among the escort carriers. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 94199.	USNHC
0410515	156k	Caption - "(BX1) BOSTON, JAN 12 - CRUISER DAYTON GOES INTO "MOTHBALLS" - Workmen complete task of preparing the light cruiser USS Dayton for the "mothball" fleet at the Boston Navy Yard. Smaller guns on the 10,000 ton craft are coated with a preservative and covered with a dome (foreground). Wood and tarpaper "sheds" cover the boats on deck. The Navy says the Dayton, which participated in the last two months of war against Japan, can be made ready for active service in 30 days. (AP WIREPHOTO)(g407pjc"	Tommy Trampp
	69k	In reserve, "Mothballs" South Boston Naval Annex, August 1960. Destroyers USS Monssen (DD 798) and USS Baldwin (DD 624) are seen moored along side.	© Richard Leonhardt
	77k	In reserve, "Mothballs" South Boston Naval Annex, August 1960. Destroyers USS Monssen (DD 798) and USS Baldwin (DD 624) are seen moored along side.	© Richard Leonhardt
	140k	In reserve, "Mothballs" South Boston Naval Annex, August 1960. Destroyers USS Monssen (DD 798) and USS Baldwin (DD 624) are seen moored along side.	© Richard Leonhardt
	95k	In reserve, "Mothballs" South Boston Naval Annex, August 1960. Destroyers USS Monssen (DD 798) and USS Baldwin (DD 624) are seen moored along side.	© Richard Leonhardt
	50k	In reserve, "Mothballs" South Boston Naval Annex, August 1960. Destroyers USS Monssen (DD 798) and USS Baldwin (DD 624) are seen moored along side.	© Richard Leonhardt
	124k	Listed from left to right, USS Huntington (CL 107), USS Dayton (CL 105) and USS South Dakota (BB 57), laid up in reserve at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, 24 August 1961. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 72674.	USNHC

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank	Final Rank	Dates
Steinhagen, Paul William, CAPT		01/07/1945 - 12/21/1945
Misson, Clinton Alonzo, CAPT	RADM	12/21/1945 - 01/18/1947
Fernald, James Merrill, CAPT	RADM	01/18/1947 - 09/03/1947
Durgin, Edward Robison, CAPT		09/03/1947 - 07/06/1948
O'Regan, William Vincent, CAPT		07/06/1948 - 12/09/1948
Richardson, Alvin Franklin, CAPT	RADM	12/09/1948 - 03/01/1949

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)

USS DAYTON (CL 105) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Mr. Robert B MacDonald
Address: 3rd St., Saint Augustine, FL, 32084
Phone: 904-471-8711
E-mail: None

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.

Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.

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