USS Beverly W. Reid
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Name | USS Beverly W. Reid |
Namesake | Navy Cross recipient |
Builder |
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Laid down | 5 January 1944 |
Launched | 4 March 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Eloise Ziegler |
Commissioned | 25 June 1945 |
Decommissioned | 5 May 1947 |
Recommissioned | 18 March 1967 |
Decommissioned | 14 November 1969 |
Reclassified |
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Stricken | 15 September 1974 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 18 August 1975 |
Notes | Laid down as Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Beverly W. Reid (DE-722) |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | high speed transport |
Displacement | 2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Troops | 162 |
Complement | 204 |
Armament |
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USS Beverly W. Reid (APD-119/LPR-119), was a
Namesake
Beverly William Reid was born on 22 April 1917 in
Transferred to
Reid was designated a
Commissioned an
Construction and commissioning
Beverly W. Reid was laid down as the
Beverly W. Reid was reclassified as a
First period in commission, 1945-1947
After
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At Norfolk, she underwent a post-shakedown
Scheduled for inactivation, Beverly W. Reid departed Philadelphia on 17 November 1945 and set course via the
Inactivated at Green Cove Springs and placed in
Second period in commission, 1967-1969
After nearly 20 years of inactivity, Beverly W. Reid was inspected and prepared for towing to Little Creek, Virginia by a Naval tug by high-speed transport USS Liddle crew. The Liddle crew worked with civilian contractors to modernize the Reid, on 18 March 1967 she was recommissioned at the
Assigned to
1967
After fitting out and local operations, Beverly W. Reid departed for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 5 May 1967. There she carried out shakedown training into mid-June 1967.
Beverly W. Reid departed Guantanamo Bay for Little Creek on 16 June 1967, and arrived there on 19 June. Following post-shakedown upkeep at Little Creek, she conducted training in
Back at Little Creek on 11 August 1967, Beverly W. Reid resumed amphibious exercises on 16 August 1967 and remained so occupied through the end of August 1967. She spent most of September 1967 pierside in upkeep at Little Creek, making only a single five-day excursion to Onslow Bay in North Carolina late in the month. She operated off the Virginia Capes from 9 to 15 October 1967, then carried out more amphibious drills at Onslow Beach in North Carolina. In port at Little Creek from 19 October until 31 October 1967, she met amphibious transport dock USS Raleigh at sea for more exercises off the Virginia Capes on 1 November 1967. Back at Little Creek on 2 November, Beverly W. Reid moored alongside repair ship USS Vulcan on 6 November 1967 for repairs. The repairs lasted until 24 November 1967, when she returned to Little Creek for the rest of 1967.
1968
On 2 January 1968, Beverly W. Reid left for
Beverly W. Reid arrived at Little Creek on 23 March 1968 and remained there for almost a month, before embarking a six-day trip to Onslow Bay to do
exercises off the Virginia Capes.Underway on 1 June 1968, Beverly W. Reid sailed for
Beverly W. Reid arrived at Little Creek on 20 June 1968, but after less than two weeks she embarked upon a succession of port visits, stopping at New York City, the Canadian ports of
Back at Little Creek on 13 July 1968, Beverly W. Reid resumed training with the
After a final series of amphibious drills at Onslow Beach late in September 1968, Beverly W. Reid was placed in reduced operational status on 1 October 1968 as part of an economy measure. She remained in that status at Little Creek for the better part of a year.
Final decommissioning and disposal
Finally, Beverly W. Reid departed Little Creek on 30 September 1969 bound for inactivation at Orange, Texas. She arrived at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Orange on 6 October 1969 and began the process immediately.
Beverly W. Reid was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Orange on 14 November 1969, and she remained there, inactive, for almost five years. Her name stricken from the
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: USS Beverly W. Reid (APD-119/LPR-119)
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