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Photo # NH 63751:  USS DeLong at the Boston Navy Yard, 29 October 1902

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USS DeLong (Torpedo Boat # 28), 1902-1920.
Later renamed Coast Torpedo Boat # 14

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

 
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

 
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.

 


The following photographs may show USS DeLong (Torpedo Boat # 28):

Photo #: NH 63755

U.S. Navy Torpedo Boat


Photographed in 1901, while fitting out. This torpedo boat is either USS Blakely (Torpedo Boat # 27) or USS DeLong (Torpedo Boat # 28), both built at South Boston, Massachusetts.

Photograph from the Skerritt Collection, Bethlehem Steel Corporation Archives. Provided by courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 605 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 100916

U.S. Navy Torpedo Boat


At a U.S. East Coast port, during the early 1900s. This torpedo boat is either USS Blakely (Torpedo Boat # 27) or USS DeLong (Torpedo Boat # 28).

Courtesy of Ted Stone, 1986.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 100917

Two U.S. Navy Torpedo Boats


At the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, circa late 1905. These are probably USS Porter (Torpedo Boat # 6) and USS DeLong (Torpedo Boat # 28).
The decommissioned cruiser San Francisco is at left and the collier Ajax is in the center background, with other torpedo boats alongside her.

Courtesy of Ted Stone, 1986.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 525 pixels

 


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