USS Dale (DD-4) [SEP] vessel class
USS Dale (DD-4)
The second USS "Dale" (DD-4) was a "Bainbridge" class destroyer in the United States Navy.
Construction.
"Dale" was launched on 24 July 1900 by William R. Trigg Company, Richmond, Virginia; sponsored by Miss M. H. Wilson; placed in reserve commission on 24 October 1902, Lieutenant Harry E. Yarnell in command; outfitted at Norfolk, Virginia; and commissioned in full on 13 February 1903, Lieutenant Hutch Cone in command.
Pre-World War
USS Dale (DD-353)
The fourth USS "Dale" (DD-353) was a "Farragut"-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. "Dale" received 14 battle stars for World War II service. She was named for American Revolutionary war hero Richard Dale.
"Dale" was launched 23 January 1935 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. E. C. Dale; and commissioned 17 June 1935, Commander W. A. Corn in command. Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr., commandant of the Third