USS Reeves (CG 24)

- formerly DLG 24 -
- decommissioned -
- sunk as a target -

USS REEVES was the last ship in the LEAHY-class of guided missile cruisers and the second ship in the Navy named after Vice Admiral J. M. Reeves. Commissioned as a guided missile frigate, REEVES was reclassified as guided missile cruiser on June 30, 1975.

REEVES was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy Register on November 12, 1993, at Pearl Harbor. The ship was then berthed at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Pearl Harbor, HI. On May 31, 2001, the REEVES was finally sunk as a target.

General Characteristics:	Keel laid: July 1, 1960
	Launched: May 12, 1962
	Commissioned: May 15, 1964
	Decommissioned: November 12, 1993
	Builder: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash.
	Propulsion system:4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 General Electric geared turbines
	Propellers: two
	Length: 535 feet (163 meters)
	Beam: 53 feet (16.1 meters)
	Draft: 26 feet (7.9 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 7,800 tons
	Speed: 30+ knots
	Aircraft: none
	Armament: two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-10 missile launchers for Standard missiles (ER), Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts, one Mk 16 ASROC missile launcher
	Crew: 27 officers and 413 enlisted

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS REEVES. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Accidents aboard USS REEVES:

Date	Where	Events
October 30, 1989	32 miles south of Diego Garcia	An F/A-18 aircraft from USS MIDWAY (CV 41) mistakenly drops a 500-pound bomb on the deck of the USS REEVES during traing exercises in the Indian Ocean, creating a five-foot hole in the bow, sparking small fires, and injuring five sailors.

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USS REEVES Image Gallery:

The photo below was taken by Scott R. Fansler and shows the REEVES at anchor at Shimoda, Japan, on May 17, 1989.

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