Allied Warships

USS Dahlgren (DD 187)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Clemson
Pennant	DD 187
Built by	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	8 Jun 1918
Launched	20 Nov 1918
Commissioned	6 Jan 1920
End service	14 Dec 1945
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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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Lewis Robinson Miller, USN	6 Nov 1939	8 Feb 1942
2	Lt.Cdr. Robert William Cavenagh, USN	8 Feb 1942	10 Dec 1942
3	T/Lt.Cdr. Morton Sunderland, USN	10 Dec 1942	22 Mar 1943 (1)
4	Lt.Cdr. Robert William Curtis, USN	22 Mar 1943	5 Dec 1943
5	Robert Edward Lapides, USNR	5 Dec 1943	16 Mar 1945
6	Ralph E. Rhoads, USNR	16 Mar 1945	14 Dec 1945

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Notable 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 German U-boat U-571 about 125 miles west of Key West in position 24°05'N, 83°42'W.

25 Jul 1944
During 25/26 1944, USS Escolar (T/Cdr. W.J. Millican, USN) conducted exercises off Key West. USS Escolar remained at sea during the night.

During 25 July 1944, the exercises were carried out with the destroyer USS Dahlgren (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Lapides, USNR) and the patrol vessel USS PCS-1431 (Lt. G.J. Meyer, USNR).

During 26 July 1944, the exercises were carried out with the destroyer USS Dahlgren and the patrol vessel USS PCS-1380 (Lt.(jg) J.J. Connell, USNR).

31 Jul 1944
USS Escolar (T/Cdr. W.J. Millican, USN) conducted exercises off Key West with the destroyer USS Dahlgren (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Lapides, USNR) and the patrol vessels USS PCS-1378 (Lt.(jg) L.E. Burger, USNR) and USS PCS-1426 (Lt. J. Rabun, USNR).