USS Dallas (DD-199)
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 United States
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| Namesake: | Alexander J. Dallas |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company |
| Laid down: | 25 November 1918 |
| Launched: | 31 May 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 29 October 1920 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 July 1945 |
| Renamed: | Alexander Dallas, 31 March 1945 |
| Struck: | 13 August 1945 |
| Nickname(s): | Dull Ass |
| Fate: | sold for scrap 30 November 1945 Ship's bell maintained and located at NOSC Ft. Worth, NAS Ft. Worth JRB, Ft. Worth, TX |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
| Beam: | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 9 feet 10 inches (3 m) |
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| Speed: | 33.3 knots (62 km/h) |
| Complement: | 130 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 x 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) TT. |
USS Dallas (DD-199) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship named for Captain Alexander J. Dallas, and was later renamed Alexander Dallas.
Dallas was launched 31 May 1919 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company; sponsored by Miss W. D. Strong, great granddaughter of Captain Dallas; and commissioned 29 October 1920, Lieutenant E. H. Roach in temporary command. Lieutenant A. R. Early assumed command 10 November 1920.
Dallas operated on the east coast, participating in exercises and maneuvers from her base at Charleston, South Carolina. She arrived at Philadelphia 12 April 1922 and was decommissioned there 26 June. Recommissioned on 14 April 1925, Dallas served with various destroyer squadrons, acting as flagship for Squadrons 9, 7, and 1. Until 1931, she cruised on the east coast and in the Caribbean, engaging in gunnery exercises, battle torpedo practice, fleet maneuvers and problems; participating in joint Army-Navy exercises; training members of the Naval Reserve; and serving as experimental ship at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island.
On 9 January 1932, Dallas sailed from Charleston, for the west coast, arriving at San Diego, 21 March. She operated along the west coast and in the Hawaiian Islands, conducting force practice and tactical exercises and participating in combined fleet exercises.
Dallas sailed from San Diego 9 April 1934 for the Presidential Review of the Fleet in June 1934 at New York City, and tactical exercises on the east coast and in the Caribbean. Returning to San Diego 9 November, Dallas continued to operate in the Pacific until 1938, cruising to Hawaii and Alaska.
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