USS DeLong, a 196-ton Blakely class torpedo boat built at South Boston, Massachusetts, was commissioned in late October 1902. Between that year and 1906 she was part of the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla, based at Norfolk, Virginia. In full commission during 1906-1909, she operated along the U.S. East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, then was in reserve status at Charleston, South Carolina, in 1910-1914. After being laid up "in ordinary" for three years, in April 1917 DeLong was recommissioned for World War I service. She was employed on minesweeping duty at Norfolk until May 1918, when she was sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia, for patrol service. Renamed Coast Torpedo Boat 14 in August 1918, she remained at Halifax for the rest of World War I and for a few months afterwards. The torpedo boat returned to the U.S. in January 1919 and in March of that year was decommissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was sold for scrapping in July 1920.
USS DeLong was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander George W. DeLong, USN, (1844-1881), who commanded the 1879-1881 Jeannette Arctic Expedition.
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Photo #: NH 63751 USS DeLong (Torpedo Boat # 28) At the Boston Navy Yard, 29 October 1902, two days after she went into commission. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 570 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 64059 USS DeLong (Torpedo Boat # 28) Under construction at the George Lawley & Sons shipyard, South Boston, Massachusetts, 3 July 1900. Probably photographed from on board her sister torpedo boat, USS Blakely (Torpedo Boat # 27). Photograph from the Skerritt Collection, Bethlehem Steel Corporation Archives. Provided by courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 129KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: 19-N-14-22-9 USS DeLong (Torpedo Boat # 28) Fitting out on 1 July 1901. She was built by George Lawley & Sons, South Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 585 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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The following photographs may show USS DeLong (Torpedo Boat # 28):
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