USS Reid (DD-292)
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Namesake | Samuel Chester Reid |
Builder | Squantum Victory Yard |
Laid down | 9 September 1919 |
Launched | 15 October 1919 |
Commissioned | 3 December 1919 |
Decommissioned | 1 May 1930 |
Stricken | 22 October 1930 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 17 January 1931 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,215 tons |
Length | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
Beam | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
Draft | 9 feet 10 inches (3.00 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
Range | |
Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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The second USS Reid (DD-292) was a
History
Reid was laid down by the
Assigned to Squadron 3,
In late January 1923 Reid returned to Guantanamo Bay for winter maneuvers, and in February she continued on to the Panama Canal Zone for battle practice. By the end of March she was back off Cuba, from where she returned to Newport and exercises off the east coast. In the winter of 1924, she repeated her Caribbean operations; but, in the spring, headed east for duty in European waters.
On 28 June she arrived at
Reid departed the Mediterranean in early May, and, after calls at French and British ports, crossed the Atlantic, arriving at New York 16 July. By the end of August she had resumed operations out of Newport and in September she again steamed south for exercises in the Caribbean. In December she underwent overhaul at Philadelphia, then returned to the Caribbean.
Attached to the Scouting Fleet for the next 4 years, she continued to alternate east coast training cruises with Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico operations. From 24 April to 12 June 1927, she participated in the second Nicaraguan campaign - cruising off that coast, delivering supplies and mail to Marine detachments ashore, and assisting in the collecting of arms from allied forces.
Fate
In 1929 Reid was designated for inactivation. She completed her last cruise at Philadelphia 30 August 1929 and was decommissioned there 1 May 1930. Struck from the
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.