USS Dale (DLG-19)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Dale.
USS Dale (DLG-19/CG-19) was a Leahy-class cruiser in service with the United States Navy from 1963 to 1994. She was sunk as a target in 2000 off the East Coast of the United States near Maryland.
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USS Dale (CG-19) underway, circa the 1980s or early 1990s | |
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Name | Dale |
Namesake | Richard Dale |
Ordered | 7 November 1958 |
Laid down | 6 September 1960 |
Launched | 28 June 1962 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Daniel J. Flood |
Acquired | 8 November 1963 |
Commissioned | 23 November 1963 |
Decommissioned | 11 October 1970 |
Recommissioned | 12 November 1971 |
Decommissioned | 27 September 1994 |
Stricken | 27 September 1994 |
Fate | Sunk as target 6 April 2000
037° 35' 59.0" North 070° 45' 04.0" West |
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General characteristics | |
Class and 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 Foster Wheeler boilers; 85,000 shp |
Speed | 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
Range | 8,000 @ 20 knots |
Complement | 32 officers, 413 enlisted |
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