| 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 |
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.
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