USS Reid (DD-292)

History
United States
Namesake	Samuel Chester Reid
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, 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	26,500 shp (20 MW);; geared turbines,; 2 screws;
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h)
Range	4,900 nmi (9,100 km); @ 15 kt ;
Complement	122 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 5" 5 in (130 mm) ; 1 × 3 in (76 mm) ; 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes ;

Last updated May 19, 2022

The second USS Reid (DD-292) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Samuel Chester Reid.

History

Reid was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts, 9 September 1919; launched 15 October 1919; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph W. Powell; and commissioned 3 December 1919.

Assigned to Squadron 3, Atlantic Fleet, Reid completed shakedown off Cuba in February 1920; participated in battle practice in March; and on 26 April put into New York. Underway again on 1 May, she steamed south again, touched at Key West, then cruised off the east coast of Mexico until mid-June. By 6 July she was at Newport, Rhode Island, whence she made several runs to New York prior to shifting to Charleston, South Carolina toward the end of September. For almost 3 years she remained on the east coast, operating out of Charleston, Newport, Rhode Island and Yorktown, Virginia. Such coastal operations were occasionally interrupted for brief periods of inactivity at Charleston, due to cuts in personnel.

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 Cherbourg, France, and on 1 July joined the Light Cruiser Squadron. During that month she visited various Baltic and North Sea ports. In mid-August she conducted airplane patrols off Iceland, and in September she steamed into the Mediterranean. She remained in the western Mediterranean into November, and then proceeded, via Crete and Greece, to Turkey. During the next 2 months, she patrolled the eastern basin, calling at ports in the Levant and Egypt, and, in February 1925, resumed operations off France and Tunisia.

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 Navy list 22 October 1930, she was sold for scrapping to the Boston Iron & Metal Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 17 January 1931.

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References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.

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