Marine mammals and sonar concern, but very little definitive information was known. In 1995 a comprehensive book on the relation between marine mammals and noise had been published, and it did not even mention strandings. In 2013, research showed beaked whales were highly sensitive to mid-frequency active sonar. Blue whales have also been shown to flee from the source of mid-frequency sonar, while naval use of mid- and high- frequency side-scan sonar was deemed 'the most probable cause' of a mass stranding of around 50 short-beaked common dolphin ("Delphinus delphis") on 9 June 2008 in Falmouth Bay, Cornwall, UK. There was anecdotal evidence from
USS Delphinus (AF-24) 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. "Delphinus" was decommissioned on 8 May 1946 in New Orleans, and was delivered to the War Shipping Administration the same day. USS Delphinus (AF-24) 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", Lieutenant O. M. Mikkelsen,