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APA-97 Dauphin

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
Windsor 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
  • Decommissioned, 3 April 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission the same day for disposal
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for commercial service in 1948, scrapped in 1979
  • Dauphin earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,000 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
    Cargo Capacity 150,000 cu. ft., 1,600 t.
    Armament 1 single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, 2 single 40mm AA gun mounts, 2 twin 20mm AA gun mounts, 18 single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion Geared Turbine Drive, 2 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 1 propeller, Design shaft horsepower 8,000
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    Dauphin 56k Dauphin (APA-97) at anchor while unloading troops, date and place unknown. Russ Padden
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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