- USS Dauphin (APA-97)
USS "Dauphin" (APA-97) was a "Windsor"-class
attack transport that served with theUS Navy duringWorld War II ."Dauphin" (APA-97) was named after
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania . "Dauphin" (APA-97) was launched 10 June 1944 byBethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard ,Sparrows Point, Maryland , under aMaritime Commission contract; transferred to the Navy 23 September 1944; and commissioned the same day, Commander B. Connelly in command.World War II
"Dauphin" reported to
Newport, Rhode Island 29 October 1944 for duty training precommissioning crews of transport and cargo ships, so serving 36 ships. Clearing Newport 20 January 1945 she arrived atNorfolk, Virginia the next day to load cargo, and on 13 February got underway for thePacific .Invasion of Okinawa
She embarked troops and combat cargo at
Pearl Harbor between 5 and 29 March, and arrived atUlithi staging point for the Okinawa operation 15 April. She sailed from Ulithi on the 22d to land reinforcements atHagushi Beach , Okinawa, from 26 to 30 April.Transport missions
Carrying casualties, she called at
Saipan and arrived atSan Francisco 22 May.A week later "Dauphin" was underway for the
Philippines . From 27 June until the end of the war she carried troops fromNew Guinea to the Philippines.After hostilities
On 26 August, "Dauphin" sailed from
Batangas Bay ,Luzon , with occupation troops. She anchored inTokyo Bay the day of surrender, 2 September, and from 4 September to 27 October made four similar voyages carrying troops from the Philippines toJapan . Assigned to theOperation Magic Carpet fleet she made two voyages carrying home veterans fromSasebo, Japan , andSan Pedro Bay, Leyte , between 6 November 1945 and 17 January 1946.Decommission
On the last day of January she put out for the east coast, arriving at Norfolk 17 February. "Dauphin" was decommissioned there 3 April 1946 and delivered to the
War Shipping Administration the next day for disposal."Dauphin" earned one
battle star forWorld War II service.Commercial Service
"Dauphin" was sold for commercial service in 1948. She was scrapped in 1979.
References
* [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/amphib/apa97.htm USS "Dauphin" (APA-97)] , DANFS Online.
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03097.htm APA-97 "Dauphin"] , Navsource Online.
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