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U.S.S. REID

(DD-369)

RUGGED REID

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DD-369 USS Reid

USS Reid was built at Kearny, New Jersey in January 1936, and then commissioned in November 1936. She participated in fleet maneuvers and training in both the Atlantic and Pacific from 1937-1941. Once the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, USS Reid was put to work escorting and patrolling in the Hawaiian Islands and South Pacific. She helped take down the first Japanese planes of the Pacific War, and then went on to patrol areas like Midway Island, Kiska, Samoa, Fiji, and New Guinea. While in New Guinea, she was responsible for taking down two enemy plains. She patrolled the Western Pacific, as well, and then went on to New Guinea, New Britain, Admiralty Islands, and Wake Island to help with escorts, patrols, and antisubmarine missions. USS Reid was involved in many critical escort and offensive operations for the better part of World War II.

In 1943, USS Reid went on to patrol Leyte and the Philippines, supporting landings and escorting damaged ships toward Leyte Gulf. While escorting reinforcements, she destroyed seven enemy planes but was also sunk herself by kamikaze crashes. The 150 survivors on board the USS Reid at the time of sinking were rescued by other landing craft within her convoy.

DD-369 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUN1934-Keel Date: 25 JUN 1934
at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
JAN1936-Launch Date: 11 JAN 1936
NOV1936-Commissioned: 2 NOV 1936
MAR1941-Shellback Initiation - 7 MAR 1941 - Indian Ocean
DEC1943-Shellback Initiation - 7 DEC 1943 - Pacific Ocean

DD-369 General Specifications

Class: Mahan-class destroyer

Named for: Samuel Chester Reid

Complement: 158 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 1500 tons

Length: 341 feet 4 inches

Beam: 35 feet

Flank Speed: 37 knots

Final Disposition: Sunk in enemy action 13 November 1942