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U.S.S. REEVES
(DE-156)Click to view crew list
DE-156 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DE-156 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-156 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| FEB | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 7 FEB 1943 at Norfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth Virginia | ||
| APR | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 22 APR 1943 | ||
| JUN | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 9 JUN 1943 | ||
| AUG | 1945 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 AUG 1945 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 30 JUL 1946 | ||
DE-156 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Named for: Thomas J. Reeves
Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Flank Speed: 23 knots
Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold to Ecuador July 1961