USS Reid (DD-369)
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 United States
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| Namesake: | Samuel Chester Reid |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down: | 25 June 1934 |
| Launched: | 11 January 1936 |
| Commissioned: | 2 November 1936 |
| Fate: | Sunk by kamikazes, 11 December 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Mahan-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,500 tons |
| Length: | 341 ft 4 in (104 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (10.7 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 10 in (2.8 m) |
| Speed: | 37 knots |
| Complement: | 158 officers and crew |
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The third USS Reid (DD-369) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. She was named for Samuel Chester Reid, a U.S. Navy officer in the War of 1812 who helped design the 1818 version of the flag of the United States.
Reid was laid down 25 June 1934 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; launched 11 January 1936; sponsored by Mrs. Beatrice Reid Power; and commissioned 2 November 1936, Captain Robert B. Carney in command.
From 1937 into 1941, Reid participated in training and fleet maneuvers in the Atlantic and Pacific. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Reid's gunners fired at the Japanese planes and downed one of them. After the attack, Reid patrolled off the Hawaiian Islands, Palmyra Atoll, and Johnston Island during December. In January 1942, she escorted a convoy to San Francisco, California. Returning to Hawaii for more patrol duty, she later steamed to Midway Island, and then twice more escorted convoys from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco.
Departing Pearl Harbor on 22 May 1942, Reid steamed north to bombard Japanese positions on Kiska Island, Alaska on 7 August 1942. She supported landings at Adak, Alaska on 30 August 1942 and sank by gunfire the Japanese submarine RO-61 on 31 August 1942. After transferring five Japanese prisoners to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, she patrolled near New Caledonia, Samoa and the Fiji Islands during October and November 1942.
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