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USS REEVES (DLG/CG 24)
Image courtesy of Al Grazevich
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - India - Echo - Mike
 Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski |
CLASS - LEAHY Displacement 7,400 Tons, Dimensions, 533' (oa) x 53' 6" x 25' 3" (Max) Armament 2 Terrier 2x2, (80 Missiles) 4 x 3"/50, ASROC (8 Missiles) 6 x12.75" TT. Machinery, 85,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 377. Operational and Building Data Keel laid on 01 JUL 1960 by the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA Launched 12 MAY 1962 Commissioned 15 MAY 1964 Reclassified CG 24 30 JUN 1975 Accidentaly hit by 500lb bomb from USS Midway plane 30 OCT 1989 Decommissioned 12 NOV 1993 Stricken 12 NOV 1993 Fate: Sunk as target 31 MAY 2001 026° 26’ 53.0 S 155° 24’ 27.0 E 2541 Fathoms |
 Patch image contributed by Robert M. Cieri |
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon
Second Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3)
Third Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Vietnam Service Medal (9) - Humanatarian Service Medal - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (7)
Fifth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Civil Action 1st Class Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
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Size | Image Description | Contributed By And/Or Copyright |
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 04012400 |
185k | Admiral Joseph Mason "Bull" Reeves, namesake of USS Reeves, known as the "Father of Carrier Aviation". | Robert M. Cieri |
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34k | (Small Image) Port view. | USN |
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129k | Port view, underway. | USN |
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75k | Starboard view, underway. | USN |
 04012425 |
365k | Port side view while underway, date and location unknown. This would be late in her career. Note the CIWS radome showing on top of her aft deckhouse. | Unknown |
 04012426 |
157k | Port quarter view while underway, date and location unknown. This would be late in her career. Note the CIWS radome showing on top of her aft deckhouse. | David Buell |
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66k | Entering Yokosuka Japan, 14 June 1966. | © Richard Leonhardt |
 09065815 |
781k | USS
Rigel (AF 58) conducting an UNREP with USS Reeves (CG 24),
with a Soviet Mod Kashin class destroyer keeping watch. Pacific Ocean,
15 March 1970. Photo taken from USS
Nimitz (CVN 68). US Navy Photographic Center photo # 1177954 by PH2 Jim Brown, USN. |
DCC(SS/SW) David Johnston, USN |
 04012423 |
69k | Port side view after AAW Modernization by Bath Iron Works taken 18 August 1970. | Robert M. Cieri |
 04012431 |
952k |
Preparing for unrep off the Hawaiian islands, 1971/1972. |
CDR Tom Sparkman USN (Ret.) |
 04012417 |
100k | Starboard bow view, 1977, location unknown. | Robert M. Cieri |
 04012420 |
78k | Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1980. | Robert M. Cieri |
 04012421 |
101k | Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1982. | Robert M. Cieri |
 04012418 |
95k | Port quarter view, 1983, location unknown. | Robert M. Cieri |
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172k | Starboard bow view while moored in Hong Kong, some time between 1983 - 1985. | Chris Ronan |
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125k | USS Reeves at the Pearl Harbor Deperming Pier in Feb/Mar 1984. | Chris Ronan |
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57k | 15 October 1984 -- Location Unknown: An aerial starboard bow view of the Leahy Class guided missile cruiser USS Reeves (CG 24) underway. U.S. Navy Photo. |
Fred Weiss |
 04012432 |
169k | The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Reeves (CG 24) at Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippines, on 27 January 1986. Photographer PHC King, USN. NARA Photo (NAID) 6406712. |
Robert Hurst |
 04012428 |
98k | 05 November 1986 -- A port view of the guided missile cruiser
USS Reeves (CG 24) en route to Quindao, China. Accompanying the
ship on the visit are the guided missile frigate USS
Rentz (FFG 46) and the destroyer USS
Oldendorf (DD 972). This is the first visit by US Navy (USN) ships
to China in 40 years. Photo taken by PH1 Charles L. Mussi.
U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-87-02168 |
Bill Gonyo |
 04012427 |
71k |
05 November 1986 -- A harbor tug assists the guided missile cruiser USS Reeves (CG 24) as it prepares to dock at a pier. Accompanying the ship are the guided missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) and the destroyer USS Oldendorf (DD 972). This is the first visit by US Navy (USN) ships to China in 40 years. Photo taken by PH1 Charles L. Mussi. U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-87-02233 |
Bill Gonyo |
 04012429 |
91k | 05 November 1986 -- Qingdao, Shanghi China: Visiting Chinese
naval personnel are briefed on the deck of the guided missile cruiser
USS Reeves (CG 24), near a pair of RIM-67B Standard (SM-2 ER) missiles
on a Mark 10 launcher. Reeves is part of the first U.S. Navy warship
contingent to visit China in 40 years. Photo taken by PHC Chet King.
U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-90-06448 |
Bill Gonyo |
 04012430 |
104k | 05 November 1986 -- Qingdao, Shanghi China: ADM James A. Lyons
Jr., Commander In Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and VADM Ma Xin Chun,
Commander of the Chinese North Sea Fleet, receive honors on board the
guided missile cruiser USS Reeves (CG 24), near a Mark 141 quad
Harpoon RGM-84A missile canister launcher. Photo taken by PHC Chet King.
U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-90-06450 |
Bill Gonyo |
 04012433 |
97k | The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Reeves (CG 24) refuels a Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk during convoy operations in the Persian Gulf, in 1987. U.S. Navy photo from the USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) 1987 cruise book. |
Robert Hurst |
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57k | Starboard side view at anchor, Hong Kong harbor, April 1989. USS Cochrane (DDG 21) is also visible. | William Chiu |
 04012413 |
137k | During a training excercise on 30 October 1989 in the Indian Ocean, an F/A-18 aircraft from USS Midway (CV 41) mistakenly drops a 500-pound bomb on the deck of the USS Reeves, creating a five-foot hole in the bow, sparking small fires, and injuring five sailors. | U.S. Navy |
 04012412 |
137k | During a training excercise on 30 October 1989 in the Indian Ocean, an F/A-18 aircraft from USS Midway (CV 41) mistakenly drops a 500-pound bomb on the deck of the USS Reeves, creating a five-foot hole in the bow, sparking small fires, and injuring five sailors. | U.S. Navy |
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79k | 27 November 1991 -- Pacific Ocean: A starboard bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS Reeves (CG 24) underway. U.S. Navy Photo. | Fred Weiss |
 04012424 |
128k | Starboard side view off of Seattle in the summer of 1992. Photo tahen from USS Cape Cod (AD-43). |
Lee Noland STGC(SW) |
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73k | 01 August 1992 - Seattle Washington: A starboard view of the guided missile cruiser USS Reeves (CG 24) underway in Elliot Bay during SeaFair `92. U.S. Navy Photo. | Fred Weiss |
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59k | 01 August 1992 - Seattle Washington: A starboard view of the guided missile cruiser USS Reeves (CG 24) underway in Elliot Bay during SeaFair `92. U.S. Navy Photo. | Fred Weiss |
 04012422 |
73k |
Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1993. | Robert M. Cieri |
 04012419 |
115k | Starboard side view while firing an SM-1ER missile from the forward launcher, 1993, location unknown. Note a missile loaded on the after launcher awaiting it's turn. | Robert M. Cieri |
 04012414 |
37k | On 31 May 2001 the guided missile cruiser Reeves (CG 24) becomes a target for bombs dropped by Royal Australian Airforce F-111s, missiles from U.S. Naval warships and shells from Royal Australian Naval vessels as part of a HULKEX off the coast of Queensland, Australia This was the final military activity in the month-long, combined Australian and United States Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001. The Reeves sank below the surface at approximately 12:30pm AEST, approximately 170 nautical miles east of Fraser Island in 12,000 ft of water. | U.S. Navy |
 04012415 |
34k | On 31 May 2001 the guided missile cruiser Reeves (CG 24) becomes a target for bombs dropped by Royal Australian Airforce F-111s, missiles from U.S. Naval warships and shells from Royal Australian Naval vessels as part of a HULKEX off the coast of Queensland, Australia This was the final military activity in the month-long, combined Australian and United States Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001. The Reeves sank below the surface at approximately 12:30pm AEST, approximately 170 nautical miles east of Fraser Island in 12,000 ft of water. | U.S. Navy |
 04012416 |
39k | On 31 May 2001 the guided missile cruiser Reeves (CG 24) becomes a target for bombs dropped by Royal Australian Airforce F-111s, missiles from U.S. Naval warships and shells from Royal Australian Naval vessels as part of a HULKEX off the coast of Queensland, Australia This was the final military activity in the month-long, combined Australian and United States Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001. The Reeves sank below the surface at approximately 12:30pm AEST, approximately 170 nautical miles east of Fraser Island in 12,000 ft of water. | U.S. Navy |
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Commanding
Officers
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| Name/Rank | Class | Final Rank | Dates |
| Stevens Jr., Wynne Allan., CAPT | 05/15/64 - 07/65 | ||
| Wentworth Jr., Ralph Strafford., CAPT | RADM | 07/65 - 08/66 | |
| Hopwood, Gordon Roger, CAPT | 1945 | 08/66 - 02/68 | |
| Atkinson, Wilton Lee, CAPT | 02/68 - 04/10/69 | ||
| Mayer, William Scanlon, CAPT | 08/29/70 - 05/31/72 | ||
| Baggett Jr., Lee, CAPT | ADM | 05/31/72 - 11/22/73 | |
| Fontaine, Richard Kern, CAPT | RADM | 11/22/73 - 06/02/75 | |
| Dickman, Jerry Anson, CAPT | 06/20/75 - 04/04/77 | ||
| Chang, Ming Erh, CAPT | RADM | 04/04/77 - 06/16/79 | |
| Egerton, James White, CAPT | 06/16/79 - 08/27/81 | ||
| Smith Jr., Jerome Frost, CAPT | RADM | 08/27/81 - 08/27/83 | |
| Weber, James Gordon, CAPT | 08/27/83 - 12/06/85 | ||
| Chappell, George Charles, CAPT | 12/06/85 - 11/03/87 | ||
| Center, William Dillard (Wild Bill), CAPT | 1968 | RADM | 11/03/87 - 10/27/89 |
| McKinley, David H., CAPT | 10/27/89 - 11/26/91 | ||
| Long, Peter Avard Chipman, CAPT | 1967 | RADM | 11/26/91 - 11/12/93 |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
USS REEVES (DLG/CG 24) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
Supplemental History Page: Qingdao, China visit, 5 - 10 November 1986
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Michael Robertson
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E-mail: michael.d.robertson@comcast.net
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