The USS Oriole, a sloop-of-war, served the United States Navy at the commencement of the 20th century.
Transferred to the Maryland Naval Militia in 1895, the USS Dale, a 15-gun sloop-of-war, was renamed Oriole 30 November 1904 before she was struck from the Navy List 27 February 1906 and acquired by the United States Coast Guard at Baltimore, Maryland, 23 July 1906. On 17 September 1921 the United States Department of the Treasury returned Oriole to the United States Navy for sale as a hulk to Mr. William Mattson of Baltimore 20 December of that year.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.