USS Jacob Jones (DD-130)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Jacob Jones.
USS Jacob Jones (DD-130), named for Commodore Jacob Jones USN (1768–1850), was a Wickes-class destroyer. She was sunk by a German submarine in 1942 during World War II.
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USS Jacob Jones in the 1930s | |
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United States | |
Name | Jacob Jones |
Namesake | Jacob Jones |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
Laid down | 21 February 1918 |
Launched | 20 November 1918 |
Commissioned | 20 October 1919 |
Decommissioned | 24 June 1922 |
Recommissioned | 1 May 1930 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by U-578 off Cape May, NJ, 28 February 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,090 tons |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 8 in (2.6 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 113 officers and enlisted |
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