USS Dahlgren DL-12 / DLG-12 / DDG-43

Type:
Destroyer
Class:
Farragut 1957 (Class Overview)
Builder:
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Hull Number:
DL-12
DLG-12 (Nov. 14, 1956)
DDG-43 (June 30, 1975)

Ordered:
July 23, 1956
Commissioned:
April 8, 1961
Keel Laid:
March 1, 1958
Decommissioned:
July 31, 1992
Launched:
March 16, 1960
Stricken:
November 20, 1992
Fate:
Sold April 29, 1994, repossessed Oct. 1, 1996 due to default.
Sold Sept. 20, 2005 to ESCO Marine Inc. Brownsville, Texas and scrapped.




History
Christened by Miss Katharine D. Cromwell.


Builder's Data
Page published Feb. 20, 2008