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29k | John Adolphus Dahlgren, born 13 November 1809 in Philadelphia, Pa., was appointed a midshipman 1 February 1826, and early became interested in the problems of ordnance. He developed the famous Dahlgren gun, perfected howitzers for use afloat and ashore, organized the Naval Gun Factory, and wrote several significant books on ordnance. From the outbreak of the Civil War until July 1862 he served as Commandant of the Washington Navy Yard where President Lincoln often conferred with him. He then became Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and on 7 February 1863 was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral. In command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (7 July 1863-17 June 1865), he participated in the bombardment of Fort Wagner and cooperated with Sherman in the capture of Savannah and Charleston. After a tour of duty in command of the South Pacific Squadron (1866-1868), he returned to Washington again as Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. Rear Admiral Dahlgren resigned this job a year later to return to the command of the Navy Yard and Gun Factory. He died in Washington 12 July 1870. | Bill Gonyo | |
| DLG-12 | ||||
| 66k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 181k | USS Dahlgren (DLG-12) and USS William V. Pratt (DLG-13) are shown being completed at Philadelphia Navy Yard on December 31, 1959. Note the mothballed Iowa class battleship in the background. | - | |
| 50k | Atlantic, Operation CANUS-SILEX August 1965. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 84k | Atlantic, Operation CANUS-SILEX August 1965. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 79k | Circa 1966, location unknown. | Charles I. Grasley 1963-1965 | |
| 53k | Circa 1967, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 72k | Atlantic, June 17 1970 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| DDG-43 | ||||
| 39k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 62k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 49k | Undated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 99k | Undated, location unknown. | Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr | |
| 38k | Lisbon, Portugal circa 1970's. | Marc Piché | |
| 41k | Barcelona, Spain February 1983. | Marc Piché | |
| 88k | USS Dahlgren, as DDG-43, at Barcelona, Spain, on 29 March 1983. She had an SPS-48 3D radar on her foremast, an SPS-49 2D air search radar on the mainmast, and Harpoon in place of the original twin 3"/50 gun mounts. | Fabio Peña | |
| 91k | As above. | Fabio Peña | |
| 122k | DN-ST-87-01270. Crew members aboard the guided missile destroyer USS DAHLGREN (DDG 43) man the rails during the International Naval Review in New York. Photo by Emmett Francois, July 4 1986. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 51k | Calshot, UK April 1989. | Marc Piché | |
| 25k | Calshot, UK April 1989. | Marc Piché | |
| 92k | August 5 1991, US Naval Station, Rodman, Panama. The guided missile destroyer USS Dahlgren (DDG-43), foreground, the tank landing ship USS Barnstable County (LST-1197), center, and the Colombian frigate Arc Antioquia (53), background, lie tied up near the Bridge of the Americas. | Fred Weiss | |
| 71k | August 5 1991, crew members and guests stand aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Dahlgren (DDG-43) as it transits the Panama Canal. | Fred Weiss | |
| 76k | September 1 1989, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, USS DAHLGREN (DDG 43) moored in the harbor. The Dahlgren is at St. Croix during Operation Hawkeye, a relief effort designed to aid the victims of Hurricane Hugo, which devastated the area on September 19th. | Fred Weiss | |
| 67k | Oct. 1991, USS Dahlgren (DDG-43) comes alongside the Chilean tanker Almirante Jorge Montt (52) during underway replenishment operations off the Chilean coast. U.S. Navy Photo | Fred Weiss | |
| 53k | Oct. 9, 1991, Somewhere in the Atlantic: The destroyer USS Dahlgren (DDG-43), one of the U.S. Navy ships taking part in Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and eight South American nations. | Fred Weiss | |
| 80k | October 20 1991, Chile, small boats come alongside the guided missile destroyer USS Dahlgren (DDG-43) as the ship pauses in the Straits of Magellan while en route to Punte Arenas, Chile, during the multinational naval exercise Unitas XXXII. | Fred Weiss | |
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| 45k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 41k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski | |
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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