DALE DD 353

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Farragut Class Destroyer
Keel Laid 10 February 1934 - Launched 23 January 1935


1. USS DALE DD-353
   Commissioned 17 June 1935 - Decommissioned 16 October 1945

Struck from Naval Register 1 November 1945
Sold 20 December 1946 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Dale DD-353 Covers Page 1    (1935-1942)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBB) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"

1935-06-17

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "NAVY YARD / BKLYN NY"

1935-07-04

Independence Day, cachet by John Coulthard, sponsored by John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

 

Locy Type 3z (TTT)

1942-09

Censored, WII use

 

Locy Type 9v

1935-09-17

Marking from back of cover

 

Locy Type PPO USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-3a

1935-09-17

Note:

 

Locy Type F "NAVY YARD / NEW YORK" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2

1935-08-15

Note:

 

Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3a

1942-01-23

Cachet and cancel by Sibley's Dept. Store (Hobby Shop).

 

Other Information

USS DALE earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 12 Battle Stars and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.

USS Dale was at Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941

NAMESAKE - Captain Richard Dale, USN (6 November 1756 - 26 February 1826)
Dale was an American naval officer who fought in the Continental Navy under John Barry and was first lieutenant for John Paul Jones during the naval battle off of Flamborough Head, England against HMS Serapis in the celebrated engagement of September 23, 1779. He became one of the six original commodores of the permanent United States Navy, and commanded a blockade of Tripoli in 1801 during the First Barbary War of Thomas Jefferson's presidency.

The ships sponsor was Mrs E. C. Dale.

Five ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor - USS Dale (1839 Sloop-of-War), USS Dale DD-4, USS Dale DD-290, USS Dale DD-353, and USS Dale CG-19.

 

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