Richard Dale

Richard Dale (born November 6, 1756, Norfolk county, Virginia [U.S.]—died February 26, 1826, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) was an American naval officer during the American Revolution. Dale went to sea at age 12 and thereafter had a checkered career as a lieutenant in the Virginia provincial navy, a prisoner of war with the British fleet in Chesapeake Bay, and a mate on a loyalist brigantine. When the brigantine was taken by the U.S. captain John Barry...