 USS Long (DD-209) underway during an Alaskan cruise, circa 1937
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Long |
| Namesake | John Davis Long |
| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 475 |
| Laid down | 23 September 1918 |
| Launched | 26 April 1919 |
| Commissioned | 20 October 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 30 December 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 29 March 1930 |
| Reclassified | Destroyer minesweeper, DMS-12, 19 November 1940 |
| Fate | Sunk by kamikazes in Lingayen Gulf, 6 January 1945[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,190 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.7 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.8 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 101 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Long (DD-209/DMS-12), named for John Davis Long (1838–1915), Secretary of the Navy from 1897 to 1902, was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
- ^ Brown p. 136