USS Reid
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Four ships of the United States Navy
have been named USS Reid, after Sailing Master Samuel Chester Reid
.
See also
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
have been named USS Reid, after Sailing Master Samuel Chester Reid
Samuel Chester Reid
Samuel Chester Reid was an officer in the United States Navy who commanded a privateer during the War of 1812. He is also noted for having helped design the 1818 version of the flag of the United States, which first established the rule of keeping thirteen stripes and adding one star for each U.S...
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- The first was a destroyerDestroyerIn naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
in service from 1909 to 1919.
- The second was a destroyer in service from 1919 to 1930.
- The third was a destroyer launched in 1936 and sunk by kamikazeKamikazeThe were suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, designed to destroy as many warships as possible....
s in the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
in 1944.
- The fourth was a guided-missile frigate commissioned 1983 and transferred to TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
in 1999.
See also
- USS Beverly W. Reid (APD-119)USS Beverly W. Reid (APD-119)USS Beverly W. Reid , ex-DE-722, later LPR-119, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1947 and from 1967 to 1969.-Construction and commissioning:...