Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Several people and places are named Dahlgren. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren (1809-1870) was a U.S. Navy officer noted for the weapons he designed. Several places in the United States are named for him, including: Dahlgren, Illinois Dahlgren, Virginia, and the U.S. Naval base there, which was originally used for testing guns but is now more involved in the Space Program Dahlgren Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland See also the science fiction novel Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.