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Photo # NH 75576:  USS DeLong aground at Halfmoon Bay, California, December 1921

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USS DeLong (Destroyer # 129, later DD-129), 1919-1922

USS DeLong, a 1090-ton Tattnall class destroyer built at Camden, New Jersey, was commissioned in September 1919. She operated in the Caribbean area and off Central America for much of the rest of that year and, after late December, was based at San Diego, California. In reserve and undergoing overhaul from June 1920 to June 1921, during which time she received the designation DD-129, DeLong then resumed operations out of San Diego. While steaming off the foggy California coast on 1 December 1921, she ran ashore at Halfmoon Bay. Though subsequently pulled off, DeLong was so badly damaged as to be not worth repairing. The destroyer was decommissioned in March and sold in September 1922.

USS DeLong was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander George W. DeLong, USN, (1844-1881), who commanded the 1879-1881 Jeannette Arctic Expedition.

This page features all the views we have related to USS DeLong (Destroyer # 129, later DD-129).


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Photo #: NH 75576

USS DeLong
(DD-129)

Panoramic photograph showing the ship aground at Halfmoon Bay, California, in December 1921.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 81KB; 900 x 380 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 54678

USS DeLong
(DD-129)

Halftone reproduction of a photograph showing the ship after she went ashore at Halfmoon Bay, California, December 1921.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 450 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 54681

USS DeLong
(Destroyer # 129)

Ship's Sponsor, Emma DeLong Mills, during launching ceremonies at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 29 October 1918.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 105KB; 585 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 54680

USS DeLong
(Destroyer # 129)

Is christened by Emma DeLong Mills, during launching ceremonies at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 29 October 1918.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 590 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 54679

USS DeLong
(Destroyer # 129)

Launching, at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 29 October 1918.
Note the company flag flying from her mainmast.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 600 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42530

New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey


Destroyers fitting out, circa May 1919.
These ships are (from left to right):
Dickerson (Destroyer # 157, builder's hull # 216);
Leary (Destroyer # 158, builder's hull # 217);
Schenck (Destroyer # 159, builder's hull # 218);
Herbert (Destroyer # 160, builder's hull # 219);
Brooks (Destroyer # 232, builder's hull # 221);
Hatfield (Destroyer # 231, builder's hull # 220);
Babbitt (Destroyer # 128, builder's hull # 213) and
DeLong (Destroyer # 129, builder's hull # 214).
Note triple torpedo tubes on the wharf in the center foreground, and destroyer smokestacks in the lower left.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 130KB; 740 x 575 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 43196

New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey


Destroyers fitting out on 29 May 1919.
These ships are (from left to right):
Dickerson (Destroyer # 157, builder's hull # 216);
Leary (Destroyer # 158, builder's hull # 217);
Schenck (Destroyer # 159, builder's hull # 218);
Herbert (Destroyer # 160, builder's hull # 219);
Brooks (Destroyer # 232, builder's hull # 221);
Hatfield (Destroyer # 231, builder's hull # 220);
Babbitt (Destroyer # 128, builder's hull # 213) and
DeLong (Destroyer # 129, builder's hull # 214).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 137KB; 740 x 605 pixels

 


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