LONG DMS 12

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

USS LONG Destroyer No. 209
Commissioned October 20 1919
USS LONG DD-209
Designated (DD) July 17 1920
Decommissioned December 30 1922
Recommissioned March 29 1930
USS LONG DMS-12
Reclassified High-speed Minesweeper (DMS) November 19 1940
SUNK (Kamikaze Aircraft) January 6 1945 in Lingayen Gulf

Naval Covers

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USS Long DD-209 Covers Page 1 (1932-41)

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

2nd Commissioning March 29 1930 to January 7 1945

Locy Type
3r(A-BBT)

"SAN DIEGO /
CALIF"

1938-10-20

DD-209

Locy Type
3s

"SAN FRANCISCO /
CALIF."

1932-09-28

DD-209. Cachet by the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce

Other Information

USS LONG earned the American Defense Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ nine battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal for her Naval service.

NAMESAKE - John Davis Long (October 27 1838 - August 28 1915)
Long graduated from Harvard in 1857, practiced law in Maine and Massachusetts, then served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor, Governor, and Congressman from Massachusetts. Appointed 34th Secretary of the Navy by President William McKinley March 5 1897, Long served with vision and efficiency through the next 5 years, organizing the Navy for the challenges of the Spanish-American War and the expansion that followed, and laying the groundwork for the growth of the "New American Navy" fostered by his former assistant, President Theodore Roosevelt. Long resigned May 1 1902, returned to Massachusetts, and died at Hingham August 28 1915.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Arnold Knapp.

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