and two destroyers, Badger (DD-126) and Ballard (DD-267), stood by to assist. On 17 December she was salvaged and towed to Mare Island Navy Yard. DeLong was decommissioned 18 March 1922 and her hulk sold 25 September 1922. Notes References External links navsource.org: USS DeLong hazegray.org: USS DeLong Wickes-class destroyers Ships built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation 1918 ships Maritime incidents in 1921 Shipwrecks of the California coast