&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Dale_(CG-19)_underway,_circa_the_1980s_(NH_98149-KN).jpg) USS Dale (CG-19) underway, circa the 1980s or early 1990s
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Dale |
| Namesake | Richard Dale |
| Ordered | 7 November 1958 |
| Laid down | 6 September 1960 |
| Launched | 28 June 1962 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Daniel J. Flood |
| Acquired | 8 November 1963 |
| Commissioned | 23 November 1963 |
| Decommissioned | 11 October 1970 |
| Recommissioned | 12 November 1971 |
| Decommissioned | 27 September 1994 |
| Stricken | 27 September 1994 |
| Fate | Sunk as target 6 April 2000
037° 35' 59.0" North 070° 45' 04.0" West |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Leahy-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 8520 tons (full) |
| Length | 533 ft (162 m) |
| Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft; De Laval gear turbines; 4 Foster Wheeler boilers; 85,000 shp |
| Speed | 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range | 8,000 @ 20 knots |
| Complement | 32 officers, 413 enlisted |
USS Dale (DLG-19/CG-19) was a Leahy-class cruiser in service with the United States Navy from 1963 to 1994. She was sunk as a target in 2000 off the East Coast of the United States near Maryland.