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USS Dauphin (APA-97)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Victor - Lima
NZVL

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

Bayfield Class Attack Transport:

Laid down, date unknown, as a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A3) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1675) at Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrow Point Shipyard, Sparrow Point, MD.

Launched 10 June 1944

Acquired by the Navy and commissioned USS Dauphin (APA-97), 23 September 1944, CDR. Bailey Connelly in command

During World War II USS Dauphin was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 to 30 April 1945

Following World War II USS Dauphin was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
2 to 10 September 1945
5 to 11 October 1945
25 October to 6 November 1945

Decommissioned, 3 April 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission the same day for disposal

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS Dauphin earned one battle star for World War II service

Commercial Service

1948 - Refurbished as passenger-cargo ship, SS Exochorda, for American Export Lines for service between New York the Mediterranean

1959 - 1967 Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group, Jones Point, N.Y.

November 1967 - Renamed SS Stevens for service as a floating dormitory

Final Disposition, Partially dismantled in Chester, PA. from 1975 to 1979, resold to scrappers at Kearny, N.J. in March 1979

Specifications:
Displacement 7,950 t.(lt), 13,143 t.(fl)
Length 473' 1"
Beam 66'
Draft 25'
Speed 18.6 kts.
Complement

54 Officers

498 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations

91 Officers

1,496 Enlisted
Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.
Cargo Capacity 1,600 DWT

non-refrigerated 150,000 cu. ft.
Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

two twin 20mm AA gun mounts

eighteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
Fuel Capacities

NSFO 12,230 Bbls

Diesel 675 Bbls
Propulsion

one Bethlehem Ship Building geared turbine

two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 450psi 750°

double Falk Main Reduction Gears

three turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

single propeller, 8,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Dauphin (APA-97)
	56k	*USS Dauphin* (APA-97)** at anchor while unloading troops, date and location unknown.	Russ Padden
Commercial Service
	827k	Ex-*USS Dauphin* (APA-97)** underway as the American-Export Lines passenger-cargo ship SS Exochorda, circa 1950. SS Exochorda was a member of the post-war quartet of ships known as the new "4 Aces" of the American Export Lines.	Robert Hurst
	754k	Ex-*USS Dauphin* (APA-97)** moored at the Eighth Street Pier on the Hoboken, N.J. campus of the Stevens Institute of Technology. In the background is the 24-storey Stevens Institute of Technology Student Center building. SS Stevens served a floating dormitory from 1968 to 1975 for about 150 students of the Institute. The view is toward the west, from Manhattan, across the Hudson River. Photo by Lou Gardella, as indicated on the original postcard.	Robert Hurst
	1708k	SS Stevens (lower left) docked on the Hudson River, across from New York City, pictured here with RMS Queen Elizabeth, 30 October 1968. Photo by Louis Gardella, as indicated on the original postcard.	Robert Hurst

USS Dauphin (APA-97)
DANFS history entry located on the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Connelly, Bailey	23 September 1944 - ?
02	CAPT. Standley, Jr., William Harrison :RADM	December 1945 - 31 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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