&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Dallas_(DD-199)_underway_in_1920s_or_1930s.jpg) USS Dallas underway sometime before World War II.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| 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 |
| Decommissioned | 23 March 1939 |
| Recommissioned | 25 September 1939 |
| Renamed | Alexander Dallas, 31 March 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 28 July 1945 |
| Stricken | 13 August 1945 |
| Nickname(s) | Dull Ass |
| Fate | Sold 30 November 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,215 tons |
| Length | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
| Beam | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 feet 10 inches (3.00 m) |
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| Speed | 33.3 kn (38.3 mph; 61.7 km/h) |
| Complement | 130 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 x 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) TT. |
USS Dallas (DD-199) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship named for Captain Alexander J. Dallas, and was later renamed Alexander Dallas.