USS Reeves (DLG-24)
USS Reeves (DLG-24)
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| Name: | Reeves |
| Namesake: | Joseph M. Reeves |
| Builder: | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington |
| Laid down: | 1 July 1960 |
| Launched: | 12 May 1962 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Joseph M. Reeves, Jr |
| Acquired: | 14 August 1970 |
| Commissioned: | 15 May 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 November 1993 |
| Reclassified: | CG-24 30 June 1975 |
| Struck: | 12 November 1993 |
| Motto: | Proud to Serve |
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Sunk as target 31 MAY 2001 026° 26’ 53.0 S 155° 24’ 27.0 E 2541 Fathoms |
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| Class and type: | Leahy-class cruiser |
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| Length: | 535 ft (163 m) |
| Beam: | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 x Allis-Chalmers geared steam turbines; 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 32.7 kn (60.6 km/h) |
| Range: | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 20 knots (40 km/h), 1,800 tons of fuel |
| Complement: | 413 (32 officers / 381 enlisted) |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
SLQ 32V Nixie towed torpedo decoy, 4x Mark 36 SRBOC chaff / flares |
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| Aircraft carried: | Helicopter landing area aft for VERTREPS with limited support facilities; no hangar |
Sunk as target 31 MAY 2001 026° 26’ 53.0 S 155° 24’ 27.0 E
USS Reeves (DLG/CG-24), a United States Navy ship named for Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves (Commander-in-Chief of the US Fleet, 1934–1936), was a Leahy-class cruiser built by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, in Bremerton, Washington.
Reeves began her history as a Leahy-class destroyer leader (DLG-24) when her keel was laid down on 1 July 1960. She was launched on 12 May 1962 and commissioned on 15 May 1964. Mrs. Joseph M. Reeves, Jr., daughter-in-law of Vice Adm. Reeves, was the ship's sponsor.
Reeves was later reclassified as a guided missile cruiser (CG-24) on 30 June 1975. On 12 November 1993, Reeves was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy Register at Pearl Harbor Naval Base. Reeves remained in mothballs until she was sunk as a target ship on 31 May 2001.
The second Reeves, DLG-24, was laid down 1 July 1960 by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington; launched 12 May 1962; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph M. Reeves, Jr.; and commissioned 15 May 1964, Capt. Wynne A. Stevens, Jr., in command.
Following an extended trial and shakedown period, Reeves was homeported at Long Beach where she underwent availability and further training. On 10 April 1965, she departed for her first tour with the 7th Fleet in the western Pacific (WESTPAC). Deployed for just over six months, she operated primarily in support of Allied operations off the coast of the Republic of Vietnam, serving as an anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) picket, first with TG 77.3 built around aircraft carrier USS Oriskany, then with TG 77.6 centered on aircraft carrier USS Midway. Returning to Long Beach on 3 November 1965, she conducted local operations for the remainder of the year and into 1966. On 26 May 1966, she got underway for Japan and a two-year nonrotated tour with the 7th Fleet. Arriving at her new homeport of Yokosuka on 16 June, she departed shortly thereafter and on 7 July and anchored at Da Nang. to begin another tour off the embattled coast. For the next two years, she regularly sailed south from Japan for combat air-sea rescue (CSAR) tours off Vietnam, compiling a total of 493 days underway, 312 of which were spent in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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