USS Dale (1839)

USS Dale
History
United States
NameUSS Dale
NamesakeRichard Dale, Commodore U.S. Navy
BuilderPhiladelphia Navy Yard
Launched8 November 1839
Commissioned11 December 1839
DecommissionedMay 1859
Recommissioned30 June 1861
Decommissioned20 July 1865
Recommissioned29 May 1867
RenamedOriole, 30 November 1904
FateTransferred to the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, 23 July 1906
General characteristics
TypeSloop-of-war
Tonnage566
Length117 ft (36 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
PropulsionSail
Speed13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement150 officers and enlisted
Armament14 × 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.