USS Reid (DD-21)

USS Reid (DD-21) off Rockland, Maine, on trials c. 1909-1910.
History
United States
NameReid
NamesakeMaster Samuel Chester Reid
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down3 August 1908
Launched17 August 1909
Sponsored byMiss Lina Andrews
Commissioned3 December 1909
Decommissioned31 July 1919
Stricken15 September 1919
IdentificationHull symbol: DD-21
FateSold, 21 November 1919 and broken up for scrap
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeSmith-class destroyer
Displacement700 long tons (710 t) normal
Length293 ft 10 in (89.56 m)
Beam26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)
Draft10 ft 7 in (3,230 mm)
Speed31 kn (36 mph; 57 km/h)
Complement89 officers and crew
Armament

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.

  1. ^ "USS Reid (DD-21)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 15, 2015.