USS Reeves (CG-24)
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History | |
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United States | |
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 |
Stricken | 12 November 1993 |
Motto | Proud to Serve |
Fate | Sunk as target 31 May 2001
026° 26’ 53.0 S 155° 24’ 27.0 E |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leahy-class cruiser |
Displacement |
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Length | 535 ft (163 m) |
Beam | 53 ft (16 m) |
Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Installed power |
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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) |
Sensors and processing systems | |
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 |
USS Reeves (DLG/CG-24), a United States Navy ship named after Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves[1] (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.