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	73k	Photo #: NH 61168. Lieutenant Commander George W. DeLong, USN engraved portrait, with a facsimile of his signature, taken from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume I, frontispiece, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884. He commanded the Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
	221	Undated, location unknown. From a family scrapbook. Left to right; USS Badger (DD-126), USS Jacob Jones (DD-130), USS Twiggs (DD-127), USS Babbitt (DD-128), USS DeLong (DD-129) and USS Tattnall (Dd-125).		Donna Heuer
	98k	Wickes-class destroyers fitting out at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 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. Photo # NH 42530.		Joe Radigan/Robert Hurst
	144k	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.		Fred Weiss
	139k	Launching party, USS DeLong, October 29, 1918. New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey. Miss Emma DeLong Mills, sponsor, is pictured with her mother, Mrs. W. S. Mills, and grandmother, Mrs. George W. DeLong. The ship was named for George W. DeLong, who died commanding the USS Jeannette on its failed attempt to reach the North Pole in 1881. This ceremony was held just 2 days after Philadelphia’s public venues reopened after the deadly outbreak of influenza. Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Independence Seaport Museum.		Bill Gonyo
	133k	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. Photo #: NH 54681.		Robert Hurst
	143k	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. Photo #: NH 54680.		Robert Hurst
	84k	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.		Fred Weiss
	148k	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.		Fred Weiss
	176k	Newspaper clipping from the New York Tribune dated December 18 1921.		Mike Mohl

LCDR James Sutherland Spore    Sep 20 1919 - Aug 10 1921
LCDR Lee Cummins Carey    Aug 10 1921 - Nov 23 1921
LCDR Frank Linn Johnston    Nov 23 1920 - Dec 1 1921
LCDR Robert Ward Hayler Sr.    Dec 1 1921 - Mar 18 1922 (Later ADM) 

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