USS Reid ( DD - 292 ) The second USS " Reid " ( DD - 292 ) was a " Clemson " - class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I . She was named for Samuel Chester Reid . History . " Reid " was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation , Squantum , Massachusetts , 9 September 1919 ; launched 15 October 1919 ; sponsored by Mrs . Joseph W . Powell ; and commissioned 3 December 1919 , Lieutenant Commander V . D . Chapline in command . Assigned to Squadron 3 , Atlantic Fleet , " Reid " completed shakedown off Cuba in February 1920 ; participated in battle practice in March ; and on 26 April put into New York . Underway again on 1 May , she steamed south again , touched at Key West , then cruised off the east coast of Mexico until mid - June . By 6 July she was at Newport , Rhode Island , whence she made several runs to New York prior to shifting to Charleston , South Carolina toward the end of September . For almost 3 years she remained on the east coast , operating out of Charleston , Newport , Rhode Island and Yorktown , Virginia . Such coastal operations were occasionally interrupted for brief periods of inactivity at Charleston , due to cuts in personnel . In late January 1923 " Reid " returned to Guantanamo Bay for winter maneuvers , and in February she continued on to the Panama Canal Zone for battle practice . By the end of March she was back off Cuba , from where she returned to Newport and exercises off the east coast . In the winter of 1924 , she repeated her Caribbean operations ; but , in the spring , headed east for duty in European waters . On 28 June she arrived at Cherbourg , France , and on 1 July joined the Light Cruiser Squadron . During that month she visited various Baltic and North Sea ports . In mid - August she conducted airplane patrols off Iceland , and in September she steamed into the Mediterranean . She remained in the western Mediterranean into November , and then proceeded , via Crete and Greece , to Turkey . During the next 2 months , she patrolled the eastern basin , calling at ports in the Levant and Egypt , and , in February 1925 , resumed operations off France and Tunisia . " Reid " departed the Mediterranean in early May , and , after calls at French and British ports , crossed the Atlantic , arriving at New York 16 July . By the end of August she had resumed operations out of Newport and in September she again steamed south for exercises in the Caribbean . In December she underwent overhaul at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , then returned to the Caribbean . Attached to the Scouting Fleet for the next 4 years , she continued to alternate east coast training cruises with Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico operations . From 24 April to 12 June 1927 , she participated in the second Nicaraguan campaign - cruising off that coast , delivering supplies and mail to Marine detachments ashore , and assisting in the collecting of arms from allied forces . Fate . In 1929 " Reid " was designated for inactivation . She completed her last cruise at Philadelphia 30 August 1929 and was decommissioned there 1 May 1930 . Struck from the Navy list 22 October 1930 , she was sold for scrapping to the Boston Iron & Metal Company , Baltimore , Maryland , 17 January 1931 . See also . See for other ships of this name .