USS DELONG (DD129) beached in 1921 at Halfmoon Bay south of California. (49180712217)

USS DELONG, was a Wickes class destroyer was launched on 29 October 1918 at Camden New Jersey and commissioned on 20 September 1919. She took part in a series of exercises before she was placed into the reserve on 20 June 1920, to undergo an overhaul.

The DELONG returned to San Diego on 26 June 1921 and resumed operations on 21 October with a reduced complement. On 1 December 1921 she ran aground at Halfmoon Bay (just to the south of California) in a heavy fog. The destroyers BADGER (DD-126) and BALLARD (DD-267) and a tug helped rescue her, and she was salvaged and towed to Mare Island on 17 December 1921. It wasn't worth repairing her, and on 18 March 1922 she was decommissioned, before being sold for scrap on 25 September 1922.