USS Dallas (DD-199)
Service
- 29 October 1920 — 28 July 19452,157 days of the war
- Name
- USS Dallas
- Pennant / hull number
- DD-199
- 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
- 26 June 1922
- Recommissioned
- 14 April 1925
- Struck
- 13 August 1945
- Fate
- Sold 30 November 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,215 long tons (1,234 t)
- Length
- 95.71 m (314 ft)
- Beam
- 9.45 m (31 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 33.3 knots (61.7 km/h, 38.3 mph)
- Complement
- 130
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS Dallas was a Clemson-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DD-199. The ship was named after Alexander J. Dallas. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company laid her keel on 25 November 1918. She entered service on 29 October 1920, having been launched on 31 May 1919.
84 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Wickes-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Farragut-class destroyer (1934).
She displaced 1,215 long tons. She measured 95.7 m (314 ft) long with a beam of 9.4 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 33.3 knots, and she carried a complement of 130.
Her main battery was four 102 mm (4 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,157 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 26 June 1922. She recommissioned on 14 April 1925. She was struck from the register on 13 August 1945.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 26,500 shp (20 MW)
- geared turbines
- 2 screws
- Armament
- 4 x 4 in guns, 1 x 3 in gun, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) TT.
Sister ships
- HMCS Buxton (H96)
- HMCS St. Croix (I81)
- HMCS St. Francis (I93)
- HMS Belmont (H46)
- HMS Beverley (H64)
- HMS Bradford (H72)
- HMS Broadwater (H81)
- HMS Broadway (H90)
- HMS Burnham (H82)
- HMS Burwell (H94)
- HMS Buxton (H96)
- HMS Cameron (I05)
- HMS Chesterfield (I28)
- HMS Churchill (I45)
- HMS Clare (I14)
- HMS Ramsey (G60)
- HMS Reading (G71)
- HMS Ripley (G79)
- HMS Rockingham (G58)
- HMS Sherwood (I80)
- HMS Stanley (I73)
- Soviet destroyer Dejatelny
- USS Abel P. Upshur
- USS Alden
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Dallas (DD-199) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy All Hands magazine July 1956 , p. 27 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons