USS DeLong, a 196-ton Blakely class torpedo boat built at South Boston, Massachusetts, was commissioned in late October 1902. Between that year and 1906 she was part of the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla, based at Norfolk, Virginia. In full commission during 1906-1909, she operated along the U.S. East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, then was in reserve status at Charleston, South Carolina, in 1910-1914. After being laid up "in ordinary" for three years, in April 1917 DeLong was recommissioned for World War I service. She was employed on minesweeping duty at Norfolk until May 1918, when she was sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia, for patrol service. Renamed Coast Torpedo Boat 14 in August 1918, she remained at Halifax for the rest of World War I and for a few months afterwards. The torpedo boat returned to the U.S. in January 1919 and in March of that year was decommissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was sold for scrapping in July 1920.