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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Dale |
| Namesake | Richard Dale, Commodore U.S. Navy |
| Builder | Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| Launched | 8 November 1839 |
| Commissioned | 11 December 1839 |
| Decommissioned | May 1859 |
| Recommissioned | 30 June 1861 |
| Decommissioned | 20 July 1865 |
| Recommissioned | 29 May 1867 |
| Renamed | Oriole, 30 November 1904 |
| Fate | Transferred to the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, 23 July 1906 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sloop-of-war |
| Tonnage | 566 |
| Length | 117 ft (36 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 150 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 14 × 32-pounder guns, 2 × 12-pounder guns |
USS Dale (later Oriole) was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy commissioned on 11 December 1839. Dale was involved in the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, operations along Africa to suppress slave trade, and was used by the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and later the U.S. Coast Guard, among other activities. Dale was placed into ordinary (naval reserve) numerous times.