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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship name=Delphine | Ship owner=Horace Dodge | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Great Lakes Engineering Works | Ship original cost=$2 million | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=2 April 1921 | Ship completed= | Ship christened= | Ship acquired= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | 8971815}}- {{MMSI Number|255986000}}
- Callsign: CQTJ
| Ship fate=Sold to US Navy 1942 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=United States | 1942}} | Ship name=USS Dauntless (PG-61) | Ship acquired=21 January 1942 | Ship commissioned=11 May 1942 | Ship decommissioned=11 May 1946 | Ship struck=5 June 1946
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=United States | 1946}} | Ship acquired=1946 | Ship name=SS Delphine
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=United States | 1967}} | Ship acquired=1967 | Ship name=SS Dauntless
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=France, Singapore | Ship flag= | Ship acquired=1989 | Ship name=SS Dauntless
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=Monaco | Ship flag= | Ship acquired=1997 | Ship name=SS Delphine
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship tonnage=1961 (gross) | Ship displacement= | 257.8|ft}} | 35.5|ft}} | Ship height= | 14.6|ft}} | Ship depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship sail plan= | Ship power=Steam | Ship propulsion=Propeller | 12|kn|abbr=on}} max | Ship capacity=26 passengers | Ship crew=24-30 | Ship notes=
}} | SS Delphine is a yacht commissioned by Horace Dodge, co-founder of Dodge Brothers. The yacht was launched on 2 April 1921, and spans {{convert|258|ft|m}}. Power was originally supplied from three Babcock & Wilcox boilers[1] powering two {{convert|1500|hp|adj=on}} quadruple-expansion engines.[2] In her 2003 refit Delphine was re-equipped with two modern water-tube boilers operating at {{convert|20|bar|psi}}, the larger of which has an evaporation capacity of {{convert|14|MT|lb}} of steam per hour while the smaller can evaporate {{convert|4|MT|lb}} per hour;[3] these new boilers supply the original quadruple-expansion engines. "Of all the large American-built steam yachts built between 1893 and 1930, the Delphine is the only one left in her original condition with her original steam engines still in service."[2]The Delphine caught fire and sank in New York in 1926, to be recovered and restored. She suffered further damage in 1940 when she ran aground in the Great Lakes, and was repaired. She was acquired by the United States Navy in January 1942 and rechristened USS Dauntless (PG-61), to serve as the flagship for Admiral Ernest King, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations. She was sold back to Anna Dodge (Horace Dodge's wife) after the conclusion of World War II and restored to civilian standards and service, including her original name.[1] Delphine changed hands in 1967 and again in 1968, changing names again to Dauntless, only to be sold again in 1986, 1989, and in 1997 – at scrap metal prices to her next owners – who proceeded to restore her for $60 million to the original 1921 condition including interior decor and the original steam engines.[2] She was rechristened Delphine by Princess Stéphanie of Monaco on 10 September 2003. She was recently acquired by its current owners in 2015 and has returned to its home port of Monaco for the 2017 charter season. References 1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.ssdelphine.com/past.htm |title=Horace Dodge's Steam Yacht DELPHINE |website=SS Delphine |access-date=23 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213154542/http://www.ssdelphine.com/past.htm |archive-date=2006-12-13}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite magazine |first=Joshua |last=Levine |title=Vaporous Lady |magazine=Forbes |volume=181 |issue=8 |date=21 April 2008 |pages=236–238 |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0421/236.html}}
3. ^{{cite web |title=SS Delphine Charter Brochure |publisher=SS Delphine Official Website |page=31 |url=http://www.ssdelphine.com/foto/ssdelphinebrochure.pdf |accessdate=18 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912012316/http://www.ssdelphine.com/foto/ssdelphinebrochure.pdf |archive-date=2012-09-12}}
- {{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/dauntless-ii.html}}
- {{navsource|12/09061|USS Dauntless (PG-61)}}
External links- [https://www.ss-delphine.fr Official site]
- 360degree Panoramas of The SS Delphine
- Steamy superyacht has impressive pedigree, Melbourne Age 23 Jun 2010
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