CG-19 USS Dale Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser

This CG-19 USS Dale Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.

USS DALE was the fourth ship in the LEAHY - class of "double-end" guided missile cruisers and the fifth ship in the Navy named for Commodore Richard Dale, who earned distinction as a naval leader during the American Revolution. On April 6, 2000, the DALE became the victim of a SINKEX of the Navy in the Atlantic.

DALE was last homeported in Mayport, Fla. and has won the Atlantic Fleet Battle Efficiency E Award for 1977 and 1980. General Characteristics: Awarded: November 7, 1958 Keel laid: September 6, 1960 Launched: July 28, 1962 Commissioned: November 23, 1963 Decommissioned: September 27, 1994 Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. Propulsion system:4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 General Electric geared turbines Propellers: two Length: 535 feet (163 meters) Beam: 53 feet (16.1 meters) Draft: 26 feet (7.9 meters) Displacement: approx. 7,800 tons Speed: 30+ knots Aircraft: none Armament: two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-10 missile launchers for Standard missiles (ER), Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts, one Mk 16 ASROC missile launcher Crew: 27 officers and 413 enlisted