Servicio militar
He graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1865.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander USN.
He joined the USS Juanita in 1873 for the search for the American Arctic Expedition in the Polaris.
In 1879 he was given command of the USS Jeanette sailing from San Francisco for the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. On 05/09/1879 she was caught in the ice and drifted until 12/06/1881 when she was crushed and sank. Fourteen of the crew survived by walking to the Lena River in Siberia. De Long was lost on the Arctic ice sometime after 10/10/1881. His body was found the following March 1882.
Lugares nombrados
De Long Islands (AK)
Referencias
- DeArmond, R.N. (1989)
- McKinlay, William Laird. (1976)
