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USS Dayton (CL-105)

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NameUSS Dayton (CL-105)
NationalityUnited States (Details)
PeriodWorld War II
Pennant/DesignationCL-105
TypeCruiser
SubTypeLight Cruiser
Warship ClassCleveland (Details)
Year Launched1944
Year Commisioned1945
Last Year Active1949
StatusScrapped
Source of TextWikipedia
Credit Linkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Columbia_(CL-56)



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

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 Paul William Steinhagen in command. Construction for Dayton was underwritten in part by the citizens of the City of Dayton Ohio through the purchase of war bonds.
Class:
The Cleveland class was a group of light cruisers built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. The ships were designed with the goal of increased cruising range, anti-aircraft armament, torpedo protection, etc., compared with earlier U.S. cruisers. Fifty-two ships of this class were originally planned, but nine of them were completed as the light aircraft carriers of the Independence class, and two of them were completed to a somewhat different design, with more compact superstructures and just a single stack. These two were called the Fargo class. Of the 27 Cleveland-class cruisers that were commissioned, one (Galveston) was completed as a guided missile cruiser and five were later modified as Galveston and Providence-class guided missile cruisers. Following the naming convention at the time, all the ships completed as cruisers were named for US cities and towns.
Nationality:
The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.
Item created by: gdm on 2019-04-17 17:47:43

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