The USS Jacob Jones (DD-130) in World War II: Documents, Recollections, Photographs, Survivors’ Interviews was privately published by E. Andrew Wilde, Jr. in 2006. With his permission, it is presented here in multiple PDF files.
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LINK PAGES CONTENTS 1072K 1 List of Pages 1 Profile: Commodore Jacob Jones 1 Photo — Sponsor’s party at commissioning, 11/20/18 2 Official history by Ships Histories Section, 1952 1 Photo — Prewar (late 1930s), port bow view 4 History — Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 1 Photo — USS Roper (sister ship), starboard beam 2 Article, “A Lovely Ship” 1247K 1 Photo — Stern depth-charge racks, USS Leary (DD-159) 6 Action report, 2/23/42, attack on sonar contact 1 Map, Delaware Bay, showing where ship was sunk 2/28/42 3 News releases 3/3/42 and 3/19/42 3 Intelligence report, 3/2/42: Sinking of USS Jacob Jones 8 Interviews with survivors, 3/1/42 (transcripts) 1286K 1 Photo — Eagle boat PE-2 (same class as rescue ship) 2 Deck logs, 2/28/42, rescue ship USS Eagle PE-56 6 War Diary report, Commander Eastern Sea Frontier, 2/42 1 Photo — USS Black (DD-666), port bow, post-war 6 Narrative by survivor Albert E. Oberg, The “Jackie” 1 List of Officers, 2/28/42 (all killed) 4 Enlisted complement 2/28/42, showing casualties 499K 1 Newspaper article, 6/26/92 re. loss of two brothers 4 Correspondence from Navy Department to next-of-kin 1 Photo — Presentation of Purple Heart Medals (1944?) 1 Description of wreck and picture of ship circa 1919 1 Bibliography/Sources 1 Acknowledgments