USS DeLong (TB-28)

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USS DeLong fitting out, 1 July 1901
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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameDeLong
Namesake Lieutenant Commander George W. De Long
Ordered4 May 1898 (authorised)
Builder George Lawley & Son, South Boston, MA
Laid down24 January 1899
Launched23 November 1900
Commissioned27 October 1902
Decommissioned8 March 1919
Renamed
  • Coast Torpedo Boat No. 14,
  • 1 August 1918
FateSold for scrapping, 19 July 1920
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Blakely-class torpedo boat
Displacement196 long tons (199 t) [2]
Length175 ft (53 m)
Beam17 ft 8 in (5.38 m)
Draft5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) (mean) [2]
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 26 kn (30 mph; 48 km/h)
  • 25.52 kn (29.37 mph; 47.26 km/h) (Speed on Trial) [2]
Complement29 officers and enlisted
Armament3 × 1-pounder, 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

USS DeLong (Torpedo Boat No. 28/TB-28/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 14) was a United States Navy Blakely class torpedo boat and minesweeper. DeLong (TB-28) was launched 23 November 1900 by George Lawley & Son, South Boston, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. S. DeL. Mills, daughter of Lieutenant Commander George W. De Long; and commissioned 27 October 1902.

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Between 4 November 1902 and 2 July 1906, the DeLong was assigned to the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at Norfolk, Virginia, then was returned to full commission for torpedo practice and training along the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. Again out of commission between 7 August 1909 and 30 April 1910, this time at Boston, the DeLong was in reserve at Charleston from 20 May 1910, going to sea occasionally to maintain her readiness for action. She lay in ordinary between 14 March 1914 and 7 April 1917, when upon the entry of the United States into World War I, she was recommissioned and fitted out as a minesweeper.

The DeLong was based on Norfolk for minesweeping duty until 2 May 1918, when she sailed for Halifax, Nova Scotia, and patrol duty with the Submarine Chaser Flotilla. She also escorted seaplanes to sea for the Naval Aero Squadron based at Halifax, and from 1 August 1918 was known as Coast Torpedo Boat No. 14. She returned from Halifax to Boston 18 January 1919, and arrived at Philadelphia 4 February. There she was decommissioned 8 March 1919 and sold for scrapping 19 July 1920.

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References

  1. ↑ "USS DeLong (TB-28)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.

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