USS Bailey (DD-269)

USS Bailey (DD-269)

The second USS "Bailey" (DD-269) was a "Clemson"-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS "Reading" (G71) during World War II.

As USS "Bailey"

Named for Theodorus Bailey, she was launched in February 1919 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts; sponsored by Miss Rosalie Fellows Bailey, great-granddaughter of Admiral Bailey, commissioned 27 June 1919, Commander A. Sharp in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet.

"Bailey" carried out routine operations along the west coast between October 1919 and June 1922. Because of the disturbed conditions on the west coast of Mexico she was assigned to patrol duty there for short periods in 1920. On 16 June 1922 Bailey went out of commission at San Diego, California.

On 30 September 1939 she was recommissioned at San Diego and reported to Destroyer Division 72, Atlantic Squadron. "Bailey" served with the Squadron in operations off the eastern seaboard until November 1940. On 26 November 1940 she was decommissioned at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and transferred in the destroyer-land bases exchange to Great Britain.

As HMS "Reading"

Renamed HMS "Reading" she was commissioned 26 November 1940 for service with the 5th "Town" Flotilla and arrived at Plymouth, England, 17 December 1940 where she was re-fitted and modified at HMNB Devonport. She is the only ship to be named "Reading".

Between March and July 1941 she escorted convoys in the Atlantic, working out of Liverpool. In July 1941 she joined the Newfoundland Escort Group with which she remained until May 1942. In this rôle, she escorted HMS "Prince of Wales" with Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the Newfoundland Conference. She was deployed at Placentia Bay with other Royal Navy and United States Navy warships for guard duties during the conference. After the meeting, she temporarily resumed escort duties in the Atlantic.

Between May and October 1942 she underwent a yard overhaul in London, after which her weaponry was removed and she served as a target ship for aircraft from the Air Station, Fearn, Scotland, and continued in this assignment until July 1945 when she was handed over to ship-breakers at Rosyth. The ship's badge from the HMS "Reading" is the collection of the Historical Society of Berks County, located in Reading, PA.

References

* [http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-11US-Reading.htm HMS Reading, Destroyer]
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b1/bailey-iii.htm

External links

*http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/269.htm


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