USS Dale (DLG-19)

USS Dale (DLG-19)


For other ships of the same name, see USS Dale.

USS Dale (CG-19)
Career (US)
Ordered: 7 November 1958
Laid down: 6 September 1960
Launched: 28 June 1962
Acquired: 8 November1963
Commissioned: 23 November 1963
Decommissioned: 27 September 1994
Struck: 27 September 1994
Fate: sunk as target, January 2000
General characteristics
Class & type: Leahy class cruiser
Displacement: 8520 tons (full)
Length: 533 ft (162 m)
Beam: 55 ft (17 m)
Draft: 26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsion: 2 shaft; De Laval gear turbines; 4 Babcock and Wilcox boilers; 85,000 shp
Speed: 32 knots
Range: 8,000 @ 20 knots
Complement: 32 officers, 413 enlisted

USS Dale (DLG-19/CG-19) was a United States Navy 5670-ton Leahy class cruiser. Dale was named in honor of Commodore Richard Dale (1756–1826).

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