USS Reid (DD-292) [SEP] vessel class
USS Reid (DD-292)
The second USS "Reid" (DD-292) was a "Clemson"-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Samuel Chester Reid.
History.
"Reid" was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts, 9 September 1919; launched 15 October 1919; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph W. Powell; and commissioned 3 December 1919, Lieutenant Commander V. D. Chapline in command.
Assigned to Squadron 3, Atlantic Fleet, "Reid" completed
years in reserve at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in January 1936, sold in June, and scrapped in August.
Ships in class USS "Jacob Jones" (DD-61).
USS "Jacob Jones" (DD-61) was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding of Camden, New Jersey, in August 1914 and launched in May of the following year. She was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of Jacob Jones.
After her February 1916 commissioning, "Jacob