USS DeLong (DE-684) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort during World War II and the Cold War.

USS DeLong (DE 684)

03 February 1967: Newport, R.I. - Two views of four Third Naval District reserve training DE's alongside USS Yosemite (AD 19) for upkeep and repair. From left to right are: USS Thaddeus Parker (DE 369), stationed at the Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne, N.J.; DeLong, stationed to the U.S. Navy & Marine Corps Reserve Center, Fort Schuyler, Bronx, N.Y.; USS Albert T. Harris (DE 447), stationed at the U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center at Whitestone, Queens, N.Y.; and last but not least USS Coates (DE 685), stationed at the Long Wharf in New Haven, Conn.
(Both Photos ©Richard Leonhardt)

Specifications:
Class: Rudderow
Type: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (light), 1,810 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 13' 9" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 2 - 5"/38 Mk30, 4 - 40mm Mk1 AA (2x2), 10 x 20mm/70 Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (230 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors (40), 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks (60)
Complement: 12 / 192

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DeLong (DE 684) Building and Operational Data:

19 October 1943: Keel laid by the Fore River Yard, Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass.

23 November 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. L. C. (Jetta) DeLong, mother of the late Corporal W. F. DeLong, USMCR

31 December 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr R. C. Houston, USN, in command; assigned to Destroyer Escort Division 2

15 August 1945: Reclassified as APD 137, reported to Charleston Navy Yard for conversion, conversion cancelled

.. January 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years of service

07 February 1951: Recommissioned

03 January 1958: Decommissioned and placed "In Service", assigned to NRT as a unit of the Select Reserve ASW Force, 3rd Naval District at New York City, N.Y.

October 1961: Recommissioned for the Berlin Crisis, assigned to Escort Squadron 18 at Newport, R.I.

01 August 1962: Decommissioned and placed back "In Service"

08 August 1969: Placed "Out of Service", Struck from the NVR with a total of 20 years and 6 months of service

19 February 1970: Sunk as target off Puerto Rico

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