page_title: USS Reeves (DLG-24)
section_title: Fate
hierarchical_section_title: USS Reeves (DLG-24) / Operational history / Fate
caption_attribution_description: English: On 31 May 2001 the decommissioned U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser Reeves (CG-24) becomes a target for bombs dropped by Royal Australian Air Force General Dynamic F-111Cs, missiles from U.S. Naval warships and shells from Royal Australian Naval vessels as part of a SINKEX off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
context_page_description: USS Reeves, a United States Navy ship named after Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves, was a Leahy-class cruiser built by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, in Bremerton, Washington.
  Reeves began her history as a Leahy-class destroyer leader (DLG-24) when her keel was laid down on 1 July 1960. She was launched on 12 May 1962 and commissioned on 15 May 1964. Mrs. Joseph M. Reeves, Jr., daughter-in-law of Vice Adm. Reeves, was the ship's sponsor.
  Reeves was later reclassified as a guided missile cruiser on 30 June 1975. On 12 November 1993, Reeves was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy Register at Pearl Harbor Naval Base. Reeves remained in mothballs until she was sunk as a target ship on 31 May 2001.
context_section_description: Reeves was decommissioned on 12 November 1993, stored at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Pearl Harbor. She was ultimately used as a target ship on 31 May 2001 during a sink exercise (SINKEX) off the coast of Queensland, Australia during a joint U.S. and Australian naval exercise. Her final resting place is 26°26′53.0″S 155°24′27.0″E where she lies at a depth of 2,541 fathoms (4,647 m).
caption: Reeves takes the first hits from bombs, missiles and shells. (2001)
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