USS Beverly W. Reid DE 722 APD 119

USS BEVERLY W. REID (DE-722/APD-119)

Named for Ensign Beverly W. Reid, b. 22 April 1917, New Orleans, LA; Navy Cross for downing two Japanese torpedo planes attacking YORKTOWN (CV-5) while serving in Fighting Squadron 6 at 06/04/42 Battle of Midway; KIA 24 August 1942, defending ENTERPRISE (CV-6) against enemy air attack, Battle of Eastern Solomons

Type: TEV
Builder: COT
Keel laid 01/05/44
Launched 03/04/44
Redesignated 07/17/44
Commissioned as APD 06/25/45
First CO: Lt Cdr G. D. Kissam (3)
Decommissioned 05/05/47
Recommissioned 03/18/67 and manned by crew of LIDDLE (APD-60)
Stricken 09/15/74
Sold 07/01/75

From the research of Anne McCarthy,
with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster. March 2006