USS Reeves (DLG-24)

	USS Reeves (CG-24)
History
United States
Name	Reeves
Namesake	Joseph M. Reeves
Builder	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington
Laid down	1 July 1960
Launched	12 May 1962
Sponsored by	Mrs. Joseph M. Reeves, Jr
Acquired	14 August 1970
Commissioned	15 May 1964
Decommissioned	12 November 1993
Reclassified	CG-24 30 June 1975
Stricken	12 November 1993
Motto	Proud to Serve
Fate	Sunk as target 31 May 2001 026° 26’ 53.0 S 155° 24’ 27.0 E
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Leahy-class cruiser
Displacement	4,650 tons (light); 5,670 tons (standard); 8,203 tons (full load);
Length	535 ft (163 m)
Beam	53 ft (16 m)
Draft	26 ft (7.9 m)
Installed power	4 x Foster-Wheeler 1,200 psi boilers; 85,000 shp (63,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 x Allis-Chalmers geared steam turbines; 2 shafts
Speed	32.7 kn (60.6 km/h)
Range	8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 20 knots (40 km/h), 1,800 tons of fuel
Complement	413 (32 officers / 381 enlisted)
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-48E 3D Air Search Radar (Bearing, range and height); AN/SPS-49 2D Air Search Radar (Bearing and range); AN/SPS-10F Surface Search radar; 4 × AN/SPG-55B missile fire control radars; CRP-2900 (Pathfinder) navigational radar; AN/SQQ-23 series bow-mounted sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	SLQ 32V Nixie towed torpedo decoy, 4x Mark 36 SRBOC chaff / flares
Armament	2 × Mk 10 Mod 5 missile launchers, one forward and one aft, for RIM-2 Terrier/RIM-67 Standard ER missiles. (88 Terriers in two magazines); 8 × RGM-84A Harpoon missiles in two Mk 141 quad launchers; 8 × Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) launcher in a Mk 16 Mod 7 box launcher; 6 × Mk 46 torpedo in two Mk 32 12.75-inch triple tube launchers; 2 × 20 mm/76 Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx 6-barreled CIWS; 2 × twin 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal anti-aircraft gun mounts; 2 × 40 mm saluting guns (fitted);
Aircraft carried	Helicopter landing area aft for VERTREPS with limited support facilities; no hangar

USS Reeves (DLG/CG-24), a United States Navy ship named after Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves^[1] (Commander-in-Chief of the US Fleet, 1934–1936), 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 (CG-24) 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.

^ Wildenberg, Thomas (2003). All the Factors of Victory. Brassey's.

[1] Wildenberg, Thomas (2003). All the Factors of Victory. Brassey's.

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History
USS Reeves (CG-24)
United States
Name	Reeves
Namesake	Joseph M. Reeves
Builder	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington
Laid down	1 July 1960
Launched	12 May 1962
Sponsored by	Mrs. Joseph M. Reeves, Jr
Acquired	14 August 1970
Commissioned	15 May 1964
Decommissioned	12 November 1993
Reclassified	CG-24 30 June 1975
Stricken	12 November 1993
Motto	Proud to Serve
Fate	Sunk as target 31 May 2001 026° 26’ 53.0 S 155° 24’ 27.0 E
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Leahy-class cruiser
Displacement	4,650 tons (light) 5,670 tons (standard) 8,203 tons (full load)
Length	535 ft (163 m)
Beam	53 ft (16 m)
Draft	26 ft (7.9 m)
Installed power	4 x Foster-Wheeler 1,200 psi boilers 85,000 shp (63,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 x Allis-Chalmers geared steam turbines; 2 shafts
Speed	32.7 kn (60.6 km/h)
Range	8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 20 knots (40 km/h), 1,800 tons of fuel
Complement	413 (32 officers / 381 enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-48E 3D Air Search Radar (Bearing, range and height) AN/SPS-49 2D Air Search Radar (Bearing and range) AN/SPS-10F Surface Search radar 4 × AN/SPG-55B missile fire control radars CRP-2900 (Pathfinder) navigational radar AN/SQQ-23 series bow-mounted sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	SLQ 32V Nixie towed torpedo decoy, 4x Mark 36 SRBOC chaff / flares
Armament	2 × Mk 10 Mod 5 missile launchers, one forward and one aft, for RIM-2 Terrier/RIM-67 Standard ER missiles. (88 Terriers in two magazines) 8 × RGM-84A Harpoon missiles in two Mk 141 quad launchers 8 × Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) launcher in a Mk 16 Mod 7 box launcher 6 × Mk 46 torpedo in two Mk 32 12.75-inch triple tube launchers 2 × 20 mm/76 Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx 6-barreled CIWS 2 × twin 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal anti-aircraft gun mounts 2 × 40 mm saluting guns (fitted)
Aircraft carried	Helicopter landing area aft for VERTREPS with limited support facilities; no hangar