USS Reid (DD-369): Difference between revisions

|Ship image=[[Image:USS Reid (DD 369).jpg|300px]]

|Ship laid down=25 June 1934

|Ship class={{sclass-|Mahan|destroyer}}

|Ship speed=37 knots

The third '''USS ''Reid'' (DD-369)''' was a {{sclass-|Mahan|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 Ocean|Atlantic]] and [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]]. During the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], ''Reid''{{'}}s gunners fired at the [[Japan]]ese 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{{Jsub|Ro-61]]}} on 31  August 1942. After transferring five Japanese prisoners to [[Dutch Harbor, Alaska]], she patrolledreached nearPearl Harbor on 30 September 1942, then departed on 7 October to escort Task Group 15.1 to Pago Pago, American Samoa, which she reached on 22 October. She departed Pago Pago on 23 October for Pearl Harbor, arriving there on 30 October 1942. She left for San Francisco on 4 November 1942, arriving on 12 November 1942. She remained at Mare Island Navy Yard for overhaul until 6 December 1942, when she departed with Task Group 2.17 for [[New Caledonia]]. En route, [[Samoa]]she andcalled in with the [[Fiji|Task group to Nadi, Fiji Islands]]on during18 OctoberDecember and1942. November She shifted with the Task group to Suva, Fiji on 20 December 1942.

After patrols in the [[Solomon Islands]], ''Reid'' provided radar information and fighter direction for landings at [[Lae]], [[New Guinea]] on 4  September 1943. While supporting landings at [[Finschhafen]], New Guinea, she downed two enemy planes on 22  September 1943.

Following patrol and escort duty off New Guinea, she sailed from [[Buna Roads]], New Guinea, to escort troop transports for landings at [[Arawe]], [[New Britain]], 15  December 1943. She protected landings at [[Cape Gloucester (Papua New Guinea)|Cape Gloucester]], New Britain, on 26  December 1943, and at [[Saidor]], New Guinea, 2  January 1944. She guarded landings at [[Los Negros Island]], [[Admiralty Islands]], 29  February 19431944, and at [[Jayapura|Hollandia]], New Guinea, 22  April 1943. Her guns supported landings at [[Wakde Island]] 17  May 1943, at [[Biak]] on the 27  May 1943, and at [[Noemfoor Island]], New Guinea, 2  July 1943.

Departing Pearl Harbor 29 August 1944, she supported air strikes against [[Wake Island]] 3  September. After patrols off [[Leyte (island)|Leyte]], [[Philippine Islands]] in November, she steamed to [[Ormoc Bay]], Leyte, [[Philippines]]. She supported landings there 7  December, and escorted the damaged [[destroyer {{USS |Lamson (|DD-367)|''Lamson'' (DD-367)]]2}} toward Leyte Gulf.

''Reid'' was protecting a re-supply force of amphibious craft bound for Ormoc Bay off the west coast of Leyte. At about 1700 hours, twelve enemy planes approached the convoy. The ''Reid'' was the nearest ship to the oncoming planes. Planes 1 and 2 were shot down by the 5-inch battery, and Plane 3 exploded about {{convert|500 yards|yd}} off the starboard beam. Plane 4 hooked a wing on the starboard rigging, crashing at the waterline. Its bomb exploded, causing considerable damage forward. Plane 5 strafed the starboard side and crashed on the port bow. Plane 6 strafed the bridge from the port side and crashed off the starboard bow. Planes 5 and 6 apparently had no bombs or their bombs were duds. Plane 7 came in from astern, strafed ''Reid'' and crashed into the port quarter. Its bomb exploded in the after magazine, blowing the ship apart. All this action took place in less than a minute.

The ship was mortally wounded but still doing {{convert|20 knots|kn}}. As the stern opened up, she rolled violently, then laidlay over on her starboard side and dove to the bottom at {{convert|600 fathoms|fathom}}. It was over in less than two minutes, and 103 crewmen went down with herthe ship. The survivors were strafed in the water by Japanese planes before rescue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ussreid369.org/History.htm|title = Uss Reid 369}}</ref> Her 150 survivors were picked up by landing craft in her convoy.

==See alsoCitations==

* {{Coord|9|57|40|N|124|56|1|E}} Location of sinking

* [http://www.ussreid369.org ussreid369.org]

* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/369.htm Photo gallery] at navsource.org

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