USS McCoy Reynolds

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USS McCoy Reynolds (DE-440), July 1944, location unknown. Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox ship image with unknown parameter "alt" Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox ship image with unknown parameter "image_size"
History
United States
Name	McCoy Reynolds
Namesake	Private McCoy Reynolds (1916–1942)
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Laid down	18 November 1943
Launched	22 February 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Tilden Reynolds
Commissioned	2 May 1944
Decommissioned	31 May 1946
Recommissioned	28 March 1951
Decommissioned	7 February 1957
Fate	Loaned to Portugal 7 February 1957
Stricken	1 November 1968
Identification	Hull symbol:DE-440 Code letters:NHXK
Fate	Sold to Portugal December 1968
Portugal
Name	Corte Real
Acquired	7 February 1957 (on loan) December 1968 (purchased outright)
Decommissioned	19 November 1968[1]
Fate	Scrapped 1970[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,372 t) (standard) 1,745 long tons (1,773 t) (full load)
Length	306 ft (93 m) (oa)
Beam	36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draught	13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) (max)
Installed power	2 × boilers 12,000 shp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion	2 × geared steam turbines 2 × screws
Speed	24 kn (28 mph; 44 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	14 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	2 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber guns 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns (2x2) 10 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) Torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog, 8 × Mk6 depth charge projectors 2 × Mk9 stern depth charge tracks

USS McCoy Reynolds (DE-440) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war, after operating in the Pacific Ocean battle areas, her crew members returned home with four battle stars to their credit for World War II and one for the Korean War.

The ship was named in honor of Marine Private McCoy Reynolds (1916–1942), who was killed in action on Guadalcanal on 25 November 1942, after exposing himself to destroy a Japanese machine gun nest in the defense of Henderson Field, for which he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star.