USS Reynolds

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History
United States
Name	USS Reynolds
Builder	Puget Sound Navy Yard
Laid down	12 January 1943, as BDE-42 for the United Kingdom
Launched	1 August 1943
Commissioned	1 November 1943
Decommissioned	5 December 1945
Renamed	USS Reynolds, 23 June 1943
Stricken	19 December 1945
Honors and awards	8 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 28 April 1947
General characteristics
Type	Evarts-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,140 long tons (1,158 t) standard 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) full
Length	289 ft 5 in (88.21 m) o/a 283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) w/l
Beam	35 ft 2 in (10.72 m)
Draft	11 ft (3.4 m) (max)
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW) 2 screws
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range	4,150 nmi (7,690 km)
Complement	15 officers and 183 enlisted
Armament	3 × single dual purpose guns 1 × quad 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun 9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns 1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk.10 (144 rounds) 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

USS Reynolds (DE-42) was an

She was originally assigned to the

Dudley Louis Reynolds was born on 20 November 1910 at Blair, Nebraska. He enlisted in the Navy on 4 January 1928. Warranted Machinist from 18 February 1938, he was commissioned Ensign on 23 July 1942. He served briefly on USS Saratoga (February and March 1938), then reported for duty on USS Pensacola. He was killed on board Pensacola during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942.

World War II Pacific Theatre operations

Following

After the cessation of Pacific hostilities, Reynolds continued to screen the logistic ships. Detached on 4 September she proceeded to Tokyo Bay. There until the 7th, she screened refueling operations for TF 16, then steamed via Ulithi for the United States and inactivation.

Stateside inactivation and decommissioning

Arriving at

on 19 December 1945, she was sold and delivered to Mr. John L. Key, San Francisco, on 28 April 1947.

Awards

	Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
	American Campaign Medal
	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with eight service stars )
	World War II Victory Medal

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References

External links

• Photo gallery of USS Reynolds (DE-42) at NavSource Naval History