serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank article_title name
1904 -- 1941 -lrb- 37 years -rrb- todd shipyards charleston naval shipyard new york shipbuilding corporation 25px united states navy uss '' susquehanna '' uss '' worden '' division 30 , '' destroyer squadron 11 battle fleet division 45 , destroyer squadron paragua 11 battle fleet uss '' new orleans '' '' uss '' iris '' uss bethesda , maryland 28 february 1965 liberty , missouri united states of america navy cross place of burial philippines world war i - moro rebellion first nicaraguan campaign mexico service 3 april 1884 arlington national cemetery 20px captain allen b. reed
 allen b. reed
allen b. reed

captain allen bevins reed -lrb- april 3 , 1884 -- february 28 , 1965 -rrb- was a u.s. naval officer whose 30-year span of ship-commands began on a patrol gunboat fighting pirates and moro rebels in the philippines at the turn of the 20th century and ended as the plank owner commanding officer of the newly commissioned heavy cruiser in the 1930s .
in the latter years of his naval career , reed was attached to the office of the chief of naval operations where his assignments included director of fleet maintenance division , assistant to the chairman of the u.s. maritime commission and navy liaison to the office of production management before he went on retired inactive status in 1941 , three months before the attack on pearl harbor .
