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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Beverly W. Reid (LPR-119)
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USS Beverly W. Reid (APD-119) (1945 - 1969)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Charlie - Whiskey NUCW

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort / Crosley Class High-speed Transport:

Laid down, 5 January 1944, as (DE-722), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Dravo, Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA.

Launched, 4 March 1944

Redesignated a (APD-119) 17 July 1944

Ferried to Orange, TX. for fitting out as a High-speed Transport at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX.

Commissioned USS Beverly W. Reid (APD-119), 25 June 1945, at Orange, TX., LCDR. Gordon D. Kissam, USNR, in command

Decommissioned, 5 May 1947, at Green Cove Springs, FL.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs

Retrieved from the Reserve Fleet and towed to Norfolk, VA. by USS Liddle (APD-60) for recommissioning

Recommissioned, 18 March 1967, with the crew of Liddle, LCDR. Aloysius G. Hennessey, Jr., in command

Designation changed to Amphibious Transport, Small (LPR-119) 1 July 1969

Decommissioned, 14 November 1969

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 September 1974

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 August 1975, to J. R. Steel Inc., Houston, TX., for $79,002

Specifications:
Displacement 1,400 t.(lt) 2,130 t.(fl)
Length 306' (ovl.)
Beam 37"
Draft 12' 7" (limiting)
Speed 23.6 kts. (trial)
Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.
Complement

Officers 12

Enlisted 192
Troop Accommodations

Officers 12

Enlisted 150
Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
Boats four LCVP landing craft
Troop Accoutrements

six 1/4 ton trucks

two 1 ton trucks

four ammunition carts

four pack howitzers
Storage

Ammunition 6,000 cu. ft.

General Cargo 3,500 cu. ft.

Gasoline 1,000 cu. ft.
Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

three twin 40mm AA gun mounts

six single 20mm AA gun mounts

two depth charge tracks
Fuel Capacities

NSFO 2,216 Bbls

Diesel 93 Bbls
Propulsion

two Foster-Wheeler "D" express type boilers, 435psi 750°

two General Electric turbines, (turbo-electric drive)

Ship's Service Generators

two turbo-drive 300Kw 450V A.C.

two turbo-drive 40Kw 120V D.C.

two propellers, 12,000shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
68k	*USS Liddle* (APD-60) and the soon to be recommissioned USS Beverly W. Reid (APD-119)** moored pierside, pier 11, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA., circa November 1966.	Robert Narvaez
96k	*USS Beverly W. Reid* (APD-119)** underway, thirty miles off the Cuban coast shortly after recommissioning in 1967.	Don Scott, YNCS(SS), USN, Ret
46k	*USS Beverly W. Reid* (APD-119)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Robert Hurst
177k	*USS Beverly W. Reid* (APD-119) underway in the Caribbean Sea, circa 1968, while refueling from USS Muliphen (AKA-61).**	Photos by Masao Aochi USS Muliphen, 1966-68
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