USS Reid (FFG-30)
 USS Reid (FFG-30) | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name: | Reid |
| Namesake: | Sailing Master Samuel Chester Reid |
| Awarded: | 23 January 1978 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | 8 October 1980 |
| Launched: | 27 June 1981 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. William C. Abhau, her daughter Miss Elliot Abhau assisting. |
| Commissioned: | 19 February 1983 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 September 1998 |
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| Motto: | "Pride – Distinction – Honor" |
| Nickname(s): | Reidski |
| Fate: | 5 January 1999 transferred to Turkey |
.jpg) TCG Gelibolu (F-493) | |
 Turkey | |
| Name: | Gelibolu |
| Namesake: | District of Gelibolu |
| Acquired: | 5 January 1999 |
| Identification: | F493 |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Oliver Hazard Perry-class |
| Displacement: | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
| Length: | 445 feet (136 m), overall |
| Beam: | 45 feet (14 m) |
| Draught: | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
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| Speed: | over 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | AN/SLQ-32 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 × SH-2F LAMPS I[1] |
USS Reid (FFG-30), twenty-second ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Sailing Master Samuel Chester Reid (1783–1861).
Ordered from Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program, Reid was laid down on 8 October 1980, launched on 27 June 1981, sponsored by Mrs. William C. Abhau, her daughter Miss Elliot Abhau assisting, Mrs. Abhau is the great-great granddaughter of Sailing Master Chester Reid, and commissioned on 19 February 1983.
On 18 August 1990, Reid fired the first shots of Operation Desert Shield when she fired across the bow of an Iraqi tanker who had refused to change course when ordered.
The Reid's unofficial nickname Reidski, used during the 1980s, came into use as Reid found herself, more often than not, playing on the side of the "orange" team during fleet exercises.
TCG Gelibolu (F 493)
Decommissioned and stricken on 25 September 1998, she was transferred to Turkey on 5 January 1999 as that nation's TCG Gelibolu (F 493). As of 2013, she is still in active service.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Reid (FFG-30). |
- MaritimeQuest USS Reid FFG-30 pages
- Photo gallery of USS Reid (FFG-30) at NavSource Naval History
