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I reported aboard on 15 October 1974 and debarked on 7 February 1978, I can’t begin to tell of the many memories i have of the my time on-board as there are many. There was only one USS DALE and though she may be in Davy Jones locker, she lives on in this crewman’s heart forever.

I don’t think this applies to me. I was on the plank crew of the USS Dale, DLG-19. I served on it from when it went into commission in 1963 until our return from Vietnam in 1965. I was a Radarman and worked in the Combat Information Center. We were the first naval vessel equipped with both passive and active Electronic Counter Measures equipment.