SS David C. Reid

History
Name	SS David C. Reid
Owner	John Jay Shipping Co.
Builder	Merchant Shipbuilding Corp
Launched	12 May 1918.
Fate	Missing 14 October 1928
General characteristics
Class & type	Tanker
Tonnage	5,700
Displacement	9,300
Length	400 feet
Beam	54 feet
Depth	31 feet
Installed power	Two Westinghouse steam turbines
Propulsion	Single Screw
Speed	10.5 knots
Notes	Ordered as "Winterleaf" by the British Admiralty as a Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Taken over by the US and delivered as "Sliverbrook". Name changed to "David C. Reid in 1928.

SS David C. Reid was an American molasses tanker that sank on 14 October 1928. Her last known position was given in an SOS as 37°N 38°W / 37°N 38°W / 37; -38, or just west of the Azores.

Memorial

The David C. Reid's radio operator, J. Maurice Black, is honored on the Wireless Operator's Monument in Battery Park, New York City. Strangely, the entry lists the location as "South Atlantic".^[5]

Storm

The American Meteorological Society's Monthly Weather Review for October 1928 noted that David C. Reid was not far from a tropical storm at the time she disappeared.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "TheShipsList-L (Correspondence)". 7 September 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Merchant Shipbuilding Corp., Chester PA". Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
^ "SS David C. Reid (2217911)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
^ ""RFA" Winterleaf". Historical RFA. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
^ "Veteran Wireless Association 2005 Yearbook" (PDF). April 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
^ "Monthly Weather Review, Volume 56, Issue 10 (October 1928)" (PDF). 1928. Retrieved 2 January 2008.

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[TheShipsList-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "TheShipsList-L (Correspondence)". 7 September 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2009.

[Merchant-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Merchant Shipbuilding Corp., Chester PA". Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2009.

[3] "SS David C. Reid (2217911)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 3 June 2009.

[4] ""RFA" Winterleaf". Historical RFA. Retrieved 28 February 2025.

[5] "Veteran Wireless Association 2005 Yearbook" (PDF). April 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2008.

[6] "Monthly Weather Review, Volume 56, Issue 10 (October 1928)" (PDF). 1928. Retrieved 2 January 2008.

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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1928
Shipwrecks	13 Feb: USS Mohave 12 Mar: Panormos 12 Mar: J. Henry Edmunds 30 May: Kenkon Maru No. 12 8 Jun: America 6 Jul: Angamos 20 Jul: USCG CG-113 13 Aug: Hatsuharu 1 Sep: Floridian 15 Sep: Manasoo 19 Sep: Rosinco 3 Oct: Ondine 9 Oct: USS Villalobos 14 Oct: David C. Reid 28 Oct: USS Elcano 12 Nov: Vestris 15 Nov: Mary Stanford 21 Nov: USS Pampanga 25 Nov: Høydal 10 Dec: Celtic December (unknown date): København
Other incidents	9 Mar: I-21, Shiokaze 24 Apr: Norwich City 4 May: RFA Bacchus 19 May: Veendam 1 Jun: President Garfield 13 Jun: Pierre Chailley 14 Jun: Tiberton 2 Jul: HMS Dauntless 12 Jul: I-3 24 Jul: Monte Cervantes 28 Jul: William S. Grattan 31 July: Montrose 6 Aug: Giuseppe Missori 27 Aug: Kommandøren August (unknown date): Otranto 13 Sep: Claus Rickmers 24 Oct: Adolph Woermann 25 Nov: Pommern 28 Nov: I-1 7 Dec: America 13 Dec: Mallina Unknown date: Port Nicholson
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