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USS Reynolds (DE 42)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - P - E - F

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/8 stars - WWII Victory Medal


Class: Evarts      Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full)    Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa), 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 11' 0" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector
Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 knots    Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots    Crew: 15 / 183

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Puget Sound NSY on 12 January 1943, Launched 1 August 1943
Commissioned 8 November 1943, Decommissioned (Unknown) 1945
Stricken 19 December 1945

Fate: sold for scrapping 28 April 1947, to John L. Key, San Francisco CA

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By And/Or Copyright
Reynolds 87k 20 February 1945: port bow view, taken from USS Windham Bay (CVE 92) while Reynolds approaches. William Hock
Reynolds 120k undated: port bow view, taken from USS Sargent Bay (CVE 83) during a high-line Pieter Bakels
Wehl, The Netherlands
Reynolds 124k undated: port quarter view David Buell

View the USS Reynolds (DE 42), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

View a short article on the design and development of the Evarts Class DE submitted by Bob Sables.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: William J. Hock
Address: 922 Elizabeth Court / Lapeer MI 48446
Phone: (810) 664-4606
E-mail: wmjhock@intouchmi.com

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made to list the newest contact. However, our entry is only as good as the latest information that's been sent to us. We list only
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