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
Struck:	1 November 1945
Fate:	20 December 1946, Sold
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 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|Oerlikon 20 mm AA]] (5x1), 2 × Mk 51 Gun Directors 4 × [[Bofors 40 mm gun|Bofors 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, Commander W. A. Corn in command. 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.Dale was decommissioned 16 October 1945 and sold 20 December 1946.

Dale made a southern cruise from 13 February to 6 March 1936, visiting Norfolk, Dry Tortugas, Florida, and Galveston, Texas, and acted as escort for President F. D. Roosevelt's cruise in the Bahamas before departing for the west coast. She took part in fleet problems, made a good will visit to Callao, Peru, served as training ship for the gunnery school at San Diego, and cruised to Hawaii, Alaska, and the Caribbean on exercises.