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Photo # NH 77118:  USS Dale underway, circa 1903-1916

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USS Dale (Destroyer # 4), 1902-1920

USS Dale, a 420-ton Bainbridge class destroyer built at Richmond, Virginia, was commissioned into reserve in October 1902. Placed in full commission in February 1903, she operated along the U.S. Atlantic coast during most of the year and, in December, began a long voyage to the Far East by way of the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal. Following arrival in April 1904, Dale served in Philippine and Chinese waters for the next thirteen years as a unit of the Asiatic Fleet.

Dale left the Philippines in August 1917, after U.S. entry into World War I made it essential that all available destroyers be used for anti-submarine service in the Atlantic. She patrolled out of Gibraltar from October 1917 until the end of the fighting made possible her departure in December 1918. Generally inactive after her return to the U.S. East Coast, USS Dale was decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, in June 1919. She was sold for scrapping in early January 1920.

USS Dale was named in honor of Commodore Richard Dale (1756-1826), who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War and in the United States Navy in the late 1790s and early 1800s.

This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have related to USS Dale (Destroyer # 4).

For more pictures related to USS Dale, see:

  • USS Dale (Destroyer # 4) -- Construction Views.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 77118

    USS Dale
    (Destroyer # 4)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1903-1916.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98139

    USS Dale
    (Destroyer # 4)

    Underway in Philippine waters, circa 1910-1913.

    Collection of Phillip H. Wilson. Donated by Mrs. Pauline M. Wilson, 1979.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 61544-B

    Dust Storm off the African Coast


    Photograph taken from the bridge of USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5) by Machinist's Mate May, during the First Torpedo Flotilla's transit of the Mediterranean Sea, en route to the Philippines by way of the Suez Canal, circa late 1903 or early 1904. The air was filled with red dust from the desert.
    USS Dale (Destroyer # 4) is in the foreground, with USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3) in the left distance.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 39KB; 740 x 250 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98599-KN (color)

    "First Torpedo Flotilla. During a Storm in the Mediterranean en-route to China February 23, 1904"

    Painting by an unidentified artist, depicting the destroyers Bainbridge, Barry, Chauncey, Dale and Decatur in heavy seas.

    Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. Donation of Mrs. Anne Garagusi, 1981.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52102

    First Torpedo Flotilla


    Steaming in close formation off Chefoo, China, in 1905, while under the command of Lieutenant Dudley W. Knox. Ships present are (as numbered):
    1. USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5);
    2. USS Dale (Destroyer # 4);
    3. USS Barry (Destroyer # 2);
    4. USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3); and
    5. USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1).

    Donation of Mrs. J.R. Kean, 1938. Courtesy of Captain Dudley W. Knox, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 88586

    USS Dale
    (Destroyer # 4)
    and
    USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3)

    Underway in Philippine waters, en route to Cebu, circa 1914-1916.

    Collection of C.A. Shively.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 51KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103623

    Asiatic Fleet Ships dressed with flags


    In honor of George Washington's Birthday, 22 February 1915, probably in a Philippine Islands harbor.
    The three ships in the distance are (from left to right):
    USS Cincinnati (Cruiser # 7);
    USS Piscataqua (1898-1931, later AT-49); and
    USS Dale (Destroyer # 4).

    Collection of C.A. Shively.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 45KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 93977

    USS Dale
    (Destroyer # 4)

    In drydock at Gibraltar, 1918.

    Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1982.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43036

    Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania


    Destroyers awaiting decommissioning in the Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, during the Spring of 1919. Photographed by La Tour.
    Ships present are identified in Photo # NH 43036 (complete caption).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     


    The following photographs show either USS Dale or her sister ship, USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5):

    Photo #: NH 45793

    Destroyer leading Torpedo Boats during maneuvers, circa 1903


    The destroyer is either Dale (Destroyer # 4) or Decatur (Destroyer # 5). The three torpedo boats in left center are of the Blakely class (Torpedo Boat #s 27 through 35).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 45794

    Destroyer manuevers with Torpedo Boats, circa 1903


    The destroyer is either Dale (Destroyer # 4) or Decatur (Destroyer # 5).
    The three torpedo boats in left center are of the Blakely class (Torpedo Boat #s 27 through 35). The two at right are of the Bagley class (Torpedo Boat #s 24 through 26).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 90204

    USS Dale
    (Destroyer # 4), or
    USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5)

    Crewmen pose informally on the forward gun platform, in the Philippines, circa 1912.

    Collection of Phillip H. Wilson. Donated by Mrs. Pauline M. Wilson, 1979.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 560 x 765 pixels

     

    Note: In addition to the views referenced above, Photo # NH 52103 was taken from USS Dale during operations with other destroyers off Chefoo, China, during the summer of 1905.


    For more pictures related to USS Dale, see:

  • USS Dale (Destroyer # 4) -- Construction Views.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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