USS Reid - Definition and Overview

Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Reid, after sailing master Samuel Chester Reid.

• The first USS Reid (DD-21) was a destroyer in service from 1909 to 1919.

• The second USS Reid (DD-292) was a destroyer in service from 1919 to 1930.

• The third USS Reid (DD-369) was a destroyer launched in 1936 and sunk by kamikazes in the Philippines in 1944.

• The fourth USS Reid (FFG-30) was a guided-missile frigate commissioned 1983 and transferred to Turkey in 1999.