Talk:USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)

Scuttling
I'm lucky enough to have a copy of the captain's report in the sinking, from the Admiralty documents at The National Archives. Nowhere in his report or the subsequent investigation, is the word scuttling used. I appreciate that the source Feuer may use it, but it's clearly in error - why would a captain knowingly scuttle a boat with scuttling charges underneath armed depth charges at the stern, that would cause the charges to kill his crew in the water? It's nonsensical. Further, the captain's report clearly states that the torpedo holed the vessel and caused it to sink eight minutes later. I'll amend the sections as necessary unless anyone has any objections? Ranger Steve  Talk  11:03, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually I've just done it anyway. It's clearly incorrect and any captain who scuttles a ship and in those circumstances is clearly barking. Ranger Steve   Talk  11:56, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Good catch. It apparently was added in 2012 by an IP anon without comment or additional citations. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:53, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I had a feeling that might be the case! I did have a look through the history to see if I could spot such an insertion, but not that far back. Cheers Dual Freq. Ranger Steve   Talk  09:29, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

USS Jacob Jones
My great great Uncle Thomas David Edwards died on the USS Jacob Jones https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2174.html This Jacob Jones is not the one that sank on Dec 6 1917. The one in the news recently was commissioned in 1916 and home based in Ireland. The Jacob Jones that my uncle went down on sank on 28 Feb 1942 off the coast of Maryland. What is the difference in the names. Was the WWII Jacob Jones names after the WWI ship? Wrick56 (talk) 15:10, 20 August 2022 (UTC)