From Wikipedia.
The second destroyer named the Jacob Jones was built at the same shipyard in Camden, New Jersey, as the first one and commissioned October 20, 1919, by the great granddaughter of the man it was named after, Commodore Jones of the War of 1812.
It was decommissioned in 1922 and recommissioned in 1930. In 1940, it joined the Neutrality Patrol where it was to track and intercept any warlike operations in the western hemisphere. As such, it mainly patrolled the Yucatan Channel to Key West.
In September 1941, it joined Destroyer Division 54 for North Atlantic escort duty with convoys.
More to Come. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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