Allied Warships

USS De Long (DE 684)

Destroyer Escort of the Rudderow class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassRudderow 
PennantDE 684 
Built byBethlehem Steel Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Oct 1943 
Launched23 Nov 1943 
Commissioned31 Dec 1943 
End service8 Aug 1969 
History

Decommissioned in January 1946.
Recommissioned 7 February 1951.
Decommissioned and stricken 8 August 8 1969.
Sunk as a target off the coast of Puerto Rico 19 February 1970.

 

Commands listed for USS De Long (DE 684)

Please note that we're still working on this section
and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt.Cdr. Robert Cecil Houston, USN31 Dec 1943Aug 1944
2Lt.Cdr. Albert Alexander Campbell, USNRAug 19445 May 1945
3Lt.Cdr. Joseph Alban Weber, Jr., USNR5 May 1945

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.

Media links


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


Return to the Allied Warships section



As an Amazon Associate uboat.net earns a commission from qualifying purchases.