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| | USS Dallas (DD-199), Clemson-class destroyer in World War II |
 | | USS Dallas (later USS Alexander Dallas), DD 199, was launched 31 May 1919 by Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, VA, sponsored by Miss W. Strong, great grand-daughter of Captain Dallas; and commissioned 29 October 1920, Lieutenant E. Roach in temporary command. |
 | | Dallas cruised on the east coast, participating in exercises and maneuvers from her base at Charleston, SC. |
 | | With the outbreak of World War II in Europe, Dallas was recommissioned 26 September 1939 and assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, serving as flagship for Destroyer Squadron 41 and, during World War II, Squadron 30. |
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