I have been writing about the sinking of the destroyer USS Jacob Jones(DD-61) by a U-boat during World War I in my Cooter's History blog. It was under the command of David W. Bagley at the time. There was also a second destoyer USS Jacob Jones (DD-130) that was sunk by a torpedo during WW II as well as a destroyer escort USS Jacob Jones (DE-130) that was in the war, but did not get sunk.
David Bagley continued in the U.S. Navy and rose to the rank of admiral and at the beginning of 1941 he was commander of Battleship Division 2, with his flag on the USS Tennessee (BB-43) and was at Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, when the attack damaged his ship.
On April 14, 1942, he assumed command of the 14th Naval District (Hawaii) and the Hawaiian Sea Frontier and served there until January 1943, then he commanded the Western Sea Frontier from February 1, 1943, and also commandant of the 11th Naval District and eventually the 14th District again until the end of the war.
You can read about his earlier service in my Cooter's History Thing blog. Just click on the site in My Blogs List to the right of this.
Looks like I'll have to do some RoadTripping Through History.
--GreGen
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