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U.S.S. DAHLGREN
(DLG-12)OPTIMUS NOTA ARMIS
KNOWN FOR ARMS
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USS DAHLGREN (DLG-12) - a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer
In Commission 1961 to 1992DLG-12 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DLG-12 Shellback Initiation | Add a DLG-12 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAR | 1958 | - | Keel Date: 1 MAR 1958 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | ||
MAR | 1960 | - | Launch Date: 16 MAR 1960 | ||
APR | 1961 | - | Commissioned: 8 APR 1961 | ||
APR | 1961 | - | AUG | 1962 | Mediterranean |
MAY | 1961 | - | JUL | 1961 | Caribbean |
JUN | 1962 | - | AUG | 1962 | Northern Europe |
JUN | 1962 | - | SEP | 1962 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
OCT | 1962 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 OCT 1962 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JAN | 1963 | - | JAN | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1964 | - | JUL | 1964 | Guantanamo Bay |
JAN | 1965 | - | JUN | 1965 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1967 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JAN | 1967 | - | NOV | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1967 | - | OCT | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 APR 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
SEP | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 SEP 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 31 JAN 1968 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUN | 1968 | - | SEP | 1968 | Guantanamo Bay |
DEC | 1968 | - | JUL | 1969 | Solant-MidEast |
DEC | 1968 | - | JUL | 1969 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 31 JAN 1969 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUN | 1969 | - | SEP | 1969 | West Africa |
JAN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1973 | Mediterranean |
JUL | 1970 | - | JAN | 1973 | Death |
AUG | 1970 | - | MAR | 1971 | Mediterranean |
JUL | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | North Atlantic |
MAY | 1973 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 MAY 1973 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUN | 1974 | - | DEC | 1974 | Mediterranean |
JUL | 1992 | - | Decommissioned: 31 JUL 1992 |
DLG-12 General Specifications
Class: Farragut-class guided missile destroyer
Named for: Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren
Complement: 21 Officers and 356 Enlisted
Displacement: 5800 tons
Length: 512.5 feet
Beam: 52 feet
Flank Speed: 36 Knots
Range: 4 500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Disposed of by scrapping28 March 2006
USS DAHLGREN (DLG-12)
The third Dahlgren (DLG-12) was launched 16 March 1960 by Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
sponsored by Mrs. Katharine D. Cromwell
granddaughter of Rear Admiral Dahlgren; and commissioned 8 April 1961
Commander C. E. Landis in command.
[Note: The above USS DAHLGREN (DLG-12) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS DAHLGREN (DLG-12) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]