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USS Dauphin
_at_Norfolk,_Virginia_(USA),_on_28_October_1944_(80-G-385310).jpg)
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| History | |
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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) |
| Capacity |
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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 |
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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