USS Delphinus (AF-24) was built in 1915 as by
Workman Clark and Co., Ltd.,
Belfast, Northern Ireland; acquired by the
U.S. Navy 11 August 1942; and commissioned the same day as ''San Mateo''. She was assigned the name ''Delphinus'' on 22 August 1942.
World War II Pacific operations
Departing
San Francisco, California, 12 September 1942, ''Delphinus'' arrived at
Auckland, New Zealand, 4 October. She operated from this base until the end of 1945, carrying chilled and frozen provisions to forward bases in the South Pacific and to the
Society,
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
, and
Samoan Islands.
After calling at
Manila in January 1946, ''Delphinus'' sailed for the west coast, arriving at San Francisco, California, 23 February. For a brief period she carried cargo along the west coast and to
Pearl Harbor, then sailed to
New Orleans, Louisiana.
End-of-War Decommissioning
''Delphinus'' was decommissioned on 8 May 1946 in New Orleans, and was delivered to the
War Shipping Administration the same day.
References
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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive AF-24 ''Delphinus''
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Ships built in Belfast
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