USS Dayton, a 10,000-ton Cleveland class light cruiser built at Camden, New Jersey, was commissioned in early January 1945. She reached the western Pacific in June 1945, in time to participate in surface gunfire and carrier air strikes against the Japanese home islands. After Japan's mid-August capitulation, Dayton operated in the Far East supporting occupation efforts. She went to the U.S. West Coast in November 1945 and headed back toward Japan in late January 1946. However, before she arrived the cruiser was instead transferred to the Atlantic Fleet, her home for the remainder of her active service. During February-November 1947 Dayton deployed to the Mediterranean Sea, where she served as a flagship. She made a second MedCruise in February-June 1948. Decommissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, in March 1949, USS Dayton was part of the Reserve Fleet there and at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the next dozen years. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in September 1961 and sold for scrapping in April 1962.
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Photo #: NH 98821 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. Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 98822 USS Dayton (CL-105) Off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 23 April 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 485 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 98823 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. Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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Photo #: 80-G-277216 Soudha Bay, Crete Ships of the Sixth Task Fleet anchored in Soudha Bay, 16 April 1947, photographed from USS Leyte (CV-32). The snowy peaks at left are the Madaras Mountains. Ships present are (from left to right): Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 98824 Vice Admiral Bernhard H. Bieri, USN, Commander Naval Forces, Mediterranean (with back to camera) Welcomes local officials as they come aboard his flagship, USS Dayton (CL-105), at Alexandria, Egypt, 10 May 1947. The visitors are the Governor of Alexandria, Abdel Khalek Hassouna Pacha (in civilian dress) and the Chief of Police, Brigadier General Yusri Kamha Pacha. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 94199 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. Online Image: 164KB; 740 x 600 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 72674 USS Huntington (CL-107), USS Dayton (CL-105) and USS South Dakota (BB-57) (listed from left to right) Laid up in reserve at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, 24 August 1961. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 123KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 45501 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. Online Image: 84KB; 610 x 765 pixels |
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Page made 8 September 2003