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USS McCoy Reynolds (DE-440)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - X - K
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 stars - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row: Korean Service Medal w/ 1 star - United Nations Korean Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Class: John C. Butler      Type: WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons    Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38 DP, 4 (2x2) 40mm AA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots    Range: 6000 nm @ 12 knots    Crew: 14 / 201
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark NJ on 18 November 1943
Launched 22 February 1944, Commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard 2 May 1944
Decommissioned at Naval Station, San Diego 31 May 1946, Recommissioned 28 March 1951
Decommissioned at Naval Station, Treasure Island 7 February 1957, Stricken 1 November 1968
Fate: Loaned to Portugal 7 February 1957, renamed NRP Corte Real (F-334)
stricken 1 November 1968, sold to Portugal December 1968
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McCoy Reynolds 28k McCoy Reynolds was born 23 September 1916 in Pippapasses, Ky., the 6th child and 4th son of Jonas Tilden Reynolds and Rosabelle Short. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve at Louisville, Ky., 23 January 1942. He was killed in action on Guadalcanal 25 November 1942 after boldly exposing himself to destroy a Japanese machinegun nest in fighting to defend Henderson Field. Private Reynolds was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for the conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity without regard for his personal safety. His other awards included the Purple Heart, the Presidential Unit Citation, and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.

USS McCoy Reynolds (DE-440) was the first ship to be named in his honor.

(Photo provided by Phyllis Reynolds Goelz, cousin of McCoy Reynolds)		 Bill Gonyo
McCoy Reynolds 58k 22 February 1944: Newark NJ - Mrs. Tilden Reynolds, McCoy Reynolds' mother, christens the USS McCoy Reynolds at the Federal Shipbuilding Yard. Phyllis Reynolds Goelz,
cousin of
McCoy Reynolds
McCoy Reynolds 54k 22 February 1944: Newark NJ - USS McCoy Reynolds sliding down the launching ways at the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.
McCoy Reynolds 86k underway off San Diego, 1944 (Photo © Bob Schank) Captain John James
McCoy Reynolds 49k July 1944, location unknown Robert Hurst
McCoy Reynolds 51k circa 1966: Serving the Portuguese Navy as NRP Corte Real (F-334).
View the USS McCoy Reynolds (DE-440), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Ray Heller
Address: PO Box 85305 / Racine WI 53408-5231
Phone: (262) 886-8557
E-mail: corpcron@hotmail.com
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