Short-beaked common dolphin Short-beaked common dolphin The short-beaked common dolphin ("Delphinus delphis") is a species of common dolphin. It has a larger range than the long-beaked common dolphin ("D. capensis"), occurring throughout warm-temperate and tropical oceans, including the Indian Ocean although in smaller quantities than other places they are found. There are more short-beaked common dolphins than any other dolphin species in the warm-temperate portions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is also found in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas. The short-beaked common dolphin is also abundant in the Black Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Red Sea. They follow the gulf stream
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,