USS Jacob Jones (Destroyer No. 61/DD-61)[Note 1] was a Tucker -class destroyer built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of Jacob Jones.

2022年9月26日 · On December 6, 1917, the Tucker -class destroyer USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) was sailing from Brest, France to Queenstown, Ireland. However, the ship never reached its destination. Instead, it wound up at the bottom of the ocean, thanks to a German U-boat strike, where it lay undiscovered for over a century.

雅各·瓊斯號驅逐艦（舷號 DD-61） 是一艘隸屬於 美國海軍 的 驅逐艦，為 塔克級驅逐艦 的五號艦。 她是美軍第一艘以雅各·瓊斯為名的軍艦，以紀念 1812年戰爭 時期的海軍軍官 雅各·瓊斯 （Jacob Jones）。 瓊斯號在1914年於 紐約造船廠 開始建造，在1915年下水，於1916年服役，其時 第一次世界大戰 已經爆發。 接著瓊斯號主要留在大西洋訓練及作中立巡航。 美國參戰後，瓊斯號被派往 法國 及 愛爾蘭 海域，掩護 協約國 船隻。 1917年12月6日，瓊斯號遭德國潛艦U-53 …

Jacob Jones (DD-61) was a Tucker -class destroyer laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey, on 3 August 1914, just over a month after the start of...

Upon the outbreak of war between the United States and Germany 6 April 1917, Jacob Jones patrolled off the Virginia coast before departing Boston for Europe 7 May. Arriving Queenstown, Ireland, 17 May, she immediately began patrol and convoy escort duty …

USS Jacob Jones (Destroyer # 61) sinking off the Scilly Islands, England, on 6 December 1917, after she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-53. Photographed by Seaman William G. Ellis. Smithsonian Institution Photograph.

2017年12月6日 · The USS Jacob Jones arrived unscathed on the central southern coast of Ireland under command of Lt. Commander David Bagley on May 17th. The destroyers shepherded groups of ships through the sea-lanes that ran from the Brittany Peninsula in France, around Cornwall in Britain, and to the coast of Ireland.

USS JACOB JONES DD-61 Ship History Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, February 2024 (Destroyer No. 61: displacement 1,150 (standard); length 315’3″, beam 29’10”, draft 9’8½” (mean); speed 29.568 knots (trial); complement 99; armament 4 …

USS Jacob Jones was a Tucker-class destroyer built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of Jacob Jones.

USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) was a Tucker class destroyer that became the only US destroyer lost to enemy action during the First World War, when she was sunk by U-53. The Jacob Jones was laid down on 3 August 1914, launched on 29 March …