Allied Warships

USS Long (DMS 12)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassClemson 
PennantDMS 12 
Built byWilliam Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down23 Sep 1918 
Launched26 Apr 1919 
Commissioned20 Oct 1919 
Lost6 Jan 1945 
Loss position16.12N, 120.11E (See a map)
 
History

Decommissioned on 30 December 1922
Recommissioned on 29 March 1930
Reclassified as high speed minesweeper DMS-12 on 19 November 1940
Sunk by Japanese kamikaze aircraft in Lingayen Gulf in position 16º12'N, 120º11'E.

 

Commands listed for USS Long (DMS 12)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Frank Edmund Beatty, Jr., USNJun 193323 Mar 1934

2Lt.Cdr. Earl Everett Stone, USNJun 19351936

3Lt.Cdr. William Schuetze Veeder, USN19411942

4Lt.Cdr. Paul Frederick Heerbrandt, USNMay 1943Aug 1943

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Media links


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Blood on the Sea

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United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.

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