Allied Warships

USS Reynolds (DE 42)

Destroyer Escort of the Evarts class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEvarts 
PennantDE 42 
Built byPuget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down12 Jan 1943 
Launched1 Aug 1943 
Commissioned8 Nov 1943 
End service5 Dec 1945 
History

Decommissioned 5 December 1945.
Stricken 19 December 1945.
Sold 28 April 1947 and broken up.

 

Commands listed for USS Reynolds (DE 42)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Edward Payson Adams, USNR1 Nov 194317 Aug 1944
2Harry Marvin-Smith, USNR17 Aug 194416 Jul 1945
3David William Shean, Jr., USNR16 Jul 194527 Oct 1945

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Notable events involving Reynolds include:


18 Mar 1944
From 18 to 20 March 1944, USS Pargo (T/Cdr. I.C. Eddy, USN) and USS Tilefish (T/Cdr. R.M. Keithly, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor during which they were escorted / assisted by USS Wyman (Lt.Cdr. E.P. Parker, USNR) and USS Reynolds (Lt.Cdr. E.P. Adams, USNR).

During 19/20 September exercises were carried out with an incoming convoy. This was convoy 2373 which had departed San Francisco on 11 March and arrived at Hawaii (Pearl Harbor and Honolulu) on 20 March. This convoy was made up of the following merchant vessels; Francis Wilson (American, 7176 GRT, built 1943) and John B. Floyd (American, 7181 GRT, built 1942). The convoy was escorted by the minesweeper USS Captivate (Lt.Cdr. B.F. Kocel, USNR).

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


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