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USS DALE (DD-4)

CLASS - BAINBRIDGE As Built.
Displacement 420 Tons, Dimensions, 250' (oa) x 23' 7" x 9' 3" (Max)
Armament 2 x 3"/50, 5 x 6pdr, 2 x 18" tt..
Machinery, 8,000 IHP; 2 Vertical, Inverted, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 29 Knots, Crew 75.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Trigg, Richmond Va. on July 12 1899.
Launched July 24 1900 and commissioned October 2 1902.
Decommissioned December 5 1905, July 10 1907.
Decommissioned at Philadelphia July 9 1919.
Stricken September 15 1919.
Fate Sold January 3 1920 and broken up for scrap.

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Dale 133kPhoto #: NH 51764, Captain Richard Dale, USN (1756-1826). Mid-Nineteenth Century engraving "by R.W. Dobson from a drawing by J.B. Longacre, after a Portait by J.Wood in Peale's Museum, New York". It was published in James Herring's and James Barton Longacre's "National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans", volume 3. Dale commanded the U.S. squadron in the Mediterranean Sea during 1801-1802. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Dale 135kPhoto #: NH 98133, USS Dale (Destroyer # 4) view under the ship's after hull, showing machining operation on the starboard propeller strut. Photographed while Dale was on the building ways at the William R. Trigg Company shipyard, Richmond, Virginia, 30 June 1900. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Dale 128kPhoto #: NH 98173, USS Dale (Destroyer # 4) and USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5) fitting out at the William R. Trigg Company shipyard, Richmond, Virginia, 29 June 1901. The photographer was standing on Dale's after superstructure, looking forward and to starboard, with Decatur at the right. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Dale 132kPhoto #: NH 98134, USS Dale (Destroyer # 4) view in the forward boiler room. Photographed while Dale was fitting out at the William R. Trigg Company shipyard, Richmond, Virginia, 3 July 1901. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Dale 122kPhoto #: NH 98135, USS Dale (Destroyer # 4) view in the Crew Space, looking forward, with the supporting structure for the forward gun platform in the foreground. Photographed while Dale was fitting out at the William R. Trigg Company shipyard, Richmond, Virginia, 1 July 1901. Note wooden berths and chest lockers built in along the ship's side. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Dale 112kPhoto #: NH 98136, USS Dale (Destroyer # 4) view in the port engine room, showing part of her port side triple-expansion steam engine. Photographed while Dale was fitting out at the William R. Trigg Company shipyard, Richmond, Virginia, 3 July 1901. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Dale 153kPhoto #: NH 98137, USS Dale (Destroyer # 4) view looking forward over the main deck, taken while Dale was fitting out at the William R. Trigg Company shipyard, Richmond, Virginia, 30 June 1902. Note gratings on her deck and piled against the after smokestack. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Paul Rebold
Dale 157kPhoto #: NH 98138, USS Dale (Destroyer # 4) fitting out at the William R. Trigg Company shipyard, Richmond, Virginia. Photo is dated 30 June 1902. The three-masted schooner John S. Beacham is on the other side of Dale. Note men standing on Dale's forward gun platform, two of whom appear to be wearing some kind of "hard hat" protective headgear. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Dale 101kPhoto #: NH 55974, USS Dale (Destroyer # 4) fitting out at the William R. Trigg Company shipyard, Richmond, Virginia, on 30 June 1902. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Joe Radigan
Dale 51kUSS Dale (DD-4) in the foreground and the USS Chauncey (DD-3) in the left distance. The photograph taken from the bridge of the USS Decatur (DD-5) by Machinist's Mate May, during the First Torpdo Boat Flotilla's transit of the Mediterranean Sea, en route to the Philippine Islands by way of the Suez Canal, circa late 1903 or early 1904. The air was filled with red dust from the desert (USN). Robert Hurst
Dale 122kThe First Torpedo Flotilla steaming in close formation off Chefoo, China, in 1905, while under the command of Lieutenant Dudley W. Knox. Ships present are (as numbered): 1 USS Decatur (DD-5); 2 USS Dale (DD-4); 3 USS Barry (DD-2); 4 USS Chauncey (DD-3) and 4 USS Bainbridge (DD-1). Donation of Mrs J.R.Kean. 1938. Courtesy of Captain Dudley W.Knox, USN (Retired) (Photo No 52102).Robert Hurst
Daler 60kThe First Torpedo Flotilla forming a 'wedge' formation while steaming off Chefoo, China, during the summer of 1905. Photographed from USS Dale (DD-4). The other ships present are (as numbered). 1 USS Decatur (DD-5), 2 USS Barry (DD-2); USS Chauncey (DD-3) and 4 USS Bainbridge (DD-1). The Flotilla was commanded by Lieutenant Dudley W. Knox. Donation by Mrs. J.R.Kean, 1938. Courtesy of Captain Dudley W. Knox, USN (Retired) (Photo No NH 52103.Robert Hurst
Dale 52kUSS Dale and the USS Chauncey underway in Philippine waters, en route to Cebu, circa 1914-1916 (USN).Robert Hurst
Dale 45kAsiatic Fleet Ships dressed with flags in honor of George Washington's Birthday, 22 February 1915, probably in a Philippine Islands harbor. The three ships in the distance are (from left to right): Cincinnati (Cruiser # 7); Piscataqua; and Dale (Destroyer # 4). From the collection of C.A. Shively. US Navy photo # NH 103623 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.Naval Historical Center
Dale 96kUSS Dale (Destroyer # 4) Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1903-1916. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Dale 90kUSS Dale (Destroyer # 4) In drydock at Gibraltar, 1918. Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Dale 91kUSS Dale (Destroyer # 4) Underway in Philippine waters, circa 1910-1913. Collection of Phillip H. Wilson. Donated by Mrs. Pauline M. Wilson, 1979. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Dale 81kPhoto #: NH 43036, Philadelphia Navy Yard, destroyers awaiting decommissioning in the Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, during the Spring of 1919. Photographed by La Tour.dShips present are (from left to right): USS Isabel; four unidentified "750-ton" type destroyers; USS Preble (Destroyer # 12); USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5); USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10); USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13); USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1); USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6); USS Hull (Destroyer # 7); USS Barry (Destroyer # 2); USS Worden (Destroyer # 16); USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14); USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15); USS Perry (Destroyer # 11); USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8); and USS Dale (Destroyer # 4). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart

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