page_title: USS Beverly W. Reid
section_title: First period in commission, 1945-1947
hierarchical_section_title: USS Beverly W. Reid / First period in commission, 1945-1947
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Beverly W. Reid (APD-119), in 1945-1946.
context_page_description: USS Beverly W. Reid, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1947 and from 1967 to 1969.
context_section_description: After fitting out, Beverly W. Reid departed Galveston, Texas, on 10 July 1945 and arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 13 July 1945. Following shakedown, she departed for Norfolk, Virginia, on 7 August 1945, arriving on 10 August. While she was at Norfolk, World War II ended with the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945.
  At Norfolk, she underwent a post-shakedown shipyard availability that lasted well into October 1945. Proceeding thence to New York City, Beverly W. Reid took part in President Harry S Truman's Presidential Review on Navy Day, 27 October 1945. She departed New York City on 30 October 1945 and, after anchoring overnight at the Harbor of Refuge, reached Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the next day.
  Scheduled for inactivation, Beverly W. Reid departed Philadelphia on 17 November 1945 and set course via the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal for Norfolk, which she reached on 18 November. Bad weather postponed her departure for Florida until 23 November 1945. Pausing at Jacksonville, Florida, en route, she arrived at Green Cove Springs, Florida, on 27 November.
  Inactivated at Green Cove Springs and placed in reserve on 1 September 1946, Beverly W. Reid was decommissioned on 5 May 1947 and placed in the Florida Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs.  Reid was moved from Green Cove Springs to the Naval Reserve Fleet in Orange, Texas and remained there until movement to Little Creek Amphibious Base by the crew of the USS Liddle.
caption: Beverly W. Reid, circa in 1945.
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