USS Dale (DD-4)

USS Dale (DD-4)


For other ships of the same name, see USS Dale.
Career
Name: USS Dale
Builder: William R. Trigg Company
Launched: 24 July 1900
Commissioned: 13 February 1903
Decommissioned: 9 July 1919
Fate: Sold, 3 January 1920
General characteristics
Class & type: Bainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement: 420 long tons (430 t)
Length: 250 ft (76 m)
Beam: 23 ft 7 in (7.19 m)
Draft: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Propulsion: 2 shaft reciprocating engines
Speed: 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement: 73 officers and enlisted
Armament: 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns, 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes

The second USS Dale (DD-4) was a Bainbridge class destroyer in the United States Navy.

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.

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