USS Reid (DD-21)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Reid.
USS Reid (DD–21) was a Smith-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for Samuel Chester Reid.
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USS Reid (DD-21) off Rockland, Maine, on trials c. 1909-1910. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Reid |
Namesake | Master Samuel Chester Reid |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 3 August 1908 |
Launched | 17 August 1909 |
Sponsored by | Miss Lina Andrews |
Commissioned | 3 December 1909 |
Decommissioned | 31 July 1919 |
Stricken | 15 September 1919 |
Identification | Hull symbol: DD-21 |
Fate | Sold, 21 November 1919 and broken up for scrap |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Smith-class destroyer |
Displacement | 700 long tons (710 t) normal |
Length | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
Beam | 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 7 in (3,230 mm) |
Speed | 31 kn (36 mph; 57 km/h) |
Complement | 89 officers and crew |
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