USS Dale (DD-353)

USS Dale (DD-353) in April 1938
History
United States
Name	Dale (DD-353)
Namesake	Richard Dale
Builder	Brooklyn Navy Yard
Laid down	10 February 1934
Launched	23 January 1935
Commissioned	17 June 1935
Decommissioned	16 October 1945
Stricken	1 November 1945
Fate	Sold for scrap, 20 December 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Farragut-class destroyer
Displacement	1,500 tons
Length	341 ft 3 in (104.01 m)
Beam	34 ft 3 in (10.44 m)
Draught	16 ft 4 in (4.98 m)
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h)
Complement	160 officers and enlisted
Armament	As Built: 5 × 5" (127mm)/38cal DP (5x1), 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) T Tubes (2x4), 4 × .50cal (12.7mm) MG AA (4x1) c1943: 1 × Mk 33 Gun Fire Control System 4 × 5" (127mm)/38cal DP (4x1), 8 × 21" (533 mm) T Tubes (2x4), 5 × 20 mm AA (5x1), 2 × Mk 51 Gun Directors 4 × 40 mm AA (2x2), 2 × Depth Charge stern racks

The fourth USS Dale (DD-353) was a Farragut-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. Dale received 14 battle stars for World War II service. She was named for American Revolutionary war hero Richard Dale.

Dale was launched 23 January 1935 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. E. C. Dale; and commissioned 17 June 1935. Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr., commandant of the Third Naval District and the Brooklyn Navy Yard, oversaw construction and presided over the commissioning. As a fourteen-year-old boy nearly 50 years earlier, Stirling had lived aboard the first USS Dale (1839) when the old sloop-of-war, her masts removed and at the end of her long service, was the station ship at the Washington Navy Yard under his father's command.^[1] Dale was decommissioned 16 October 1945 and sold 20 December 1946.