Allied Warships

USS Dahlgren (DD 187)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassClemson 
PennantDD 187 
Built byNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down8 Jun 1918 
Launched20 Nov 1918 
Commissioned6 Jan 1920 
End service14 Dec 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 30 June 1922
Recommissioned 25 October 1932
Reclassified as Auxiliary AG-91 on 1 March 1945
Decommissioned 14 December 1945
Stricken 8 January 1946
Sold 17 June 1946 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Dahlgren (DD 187)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Robert William Cavenagh, USN194110 Dec 1942
2Lt.Cdr. Morton Sunderland, USN10 Dec 1942Mar 1943
3Lt.Cdr. Maurice Mortimer DeWolf, USNMar 1943Feb 1944

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Noteable events involving Dahlgren include:


15 Jul 1942
USS Dahlgren picks up 57 men from the American tanker Pennsylvania Sun that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-571 about 125 miles west of Key West in position 24.05N, 83.42W.

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