U.S.S. Long (1919)

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U.S.S. Long (1919)
Hull Number: DD-209
Builder: William Cramp & Sons[1]
Laid down: 23 Sep, 1918[2]
Launched: 26 Apr, 1919[3]
Commissioned: 20 Oct, 1919[4]
Decommissioned: 30 Dec, 1922[5]
Kamikaze: 6 Jan, 1945[6]

U.S.S. Long was one of one hundred and fifty-six Clemson Class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy. Like Hovey, she diverged from the standard Clemson design in that she carried four twin-barrel Mark 44 4-in/50cal guns.

Service

Long commissioned on 20 October, 1919 with Commander Arthur B. Cook in command.

She was recommissioned in San Diego on 29 March, 1930 with Lieutenant Commander William J. Butler in command.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 434.
  2. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 434.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 434.
  4. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 434.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 434.
  6. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 434.
  7. Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 22-23.
  8. News-Pilot (San Pedro, CA) 12 May, 1921 p. 6.
  9. Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 24-25.
  10. Register of Officers, 1931. pp. 30-31.
  11. Register of Officers, 1933. pp. 36-37.

Bibliography


Clemson Class Destroyer
Clemson Dahlgren Goldsborough Semmes Satterlee
Mason Graham Abel P. Upshur Hunt Welborn C. Wood
George E. Badger Branch Herndon Dallas Chandler
Southard Hovey Long Broome Alden
Smith Thompson Barker Tracy Borie John D. Edwards
Whipple Parrott Edsall MacLeish Simpson
Bulmer McCormick Stewart Pope Peary
Pillsbury Ford Truxtun Paul Jones Hatfield
Brooks Gilmer Fox Kane Humphreys
McFarland James K. Paulding Overton Sturtevant Childs
King Sands Williamson Reuben James Bainbridge
Goff Barry Hopkins Lawrence Belknap
McCook McCalla Rodgers Ingram Bancroft
Welles Aulick Turner Gillis Delphy
McDermut Laub McLanahan Edwards Greene
Ballard Shubrick Bailey Thornton Morris
Tingey Swasey Meade Sinclair McCawley
Moody Henshaw Meyer Doyen Sharkey
Toucey Breck Isherwood Case Lardner
Putnam Worden Flusser Dale Converse
Reid Billingsley Charles Ausburn Osborne Chauncey
Fuller Percival John Francis Burnes Farragut Somers
Stoddert Reno Farquhar Thompson Kennedy
Paul Hamilton William Jones Woodbury S. P. Lee Nicholas
Young Zeilin Yarborough La Vallette Sloat
Wood Shirk Kidder Selfridge Marcus
Mervine Chase Robert Smith Mullany Coghlan
Preston Lamson Bruce Hull Macdonough
Farenholt Sumner Corry Melvin Litchfield
Zane Wasmuth Trever Perry Decatur
  Hulbert Noa William B. Preston  
  Preble Sicard Pruitt  
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