>From the “Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships,” 

(1976) Vol. 6, pp.87-88.





REYBOLD





	John Keane Reybold, born at Delaware City, Del., 11 

January 1903, was appointed midshipman 13 July 1922 and 

commissioned ensign on 3 June 1926.  Having served in 

various ships including battleships IDAHO (BB-42) and UTAH 

(BB-31), destroyer SIMPSON (DD-221) (on the Asiatic 

Station) and light cruiser OMAHA (CL-4), he assumed command 

of destroyer COWELL (DD-167), on 17 June 1940.  Detached on 

23 September, he commanded destroyer CLAXTON (DD-140) and 

on 31 October assumed command of destroyer DICKERSON 

(DD-157).  Commissioned lieutenant commander on 1 January 

1941, he commanded DICKERSON on Neutrality Patrol and, 

after December 1941, on coastal patrol and Icelandic convoy 

escort duty until 19 March 1942.  On that date, DEICKERSON, 

en route to Norfolk, was fired on by a nervous merchantman, 

SS LIBERATOR.  LIBERATOR’s shells hit the destroyer’s 

charthouse, killing Lt. Comdr. Reybold and three others.





DE-275



	DE-275, an EVARTS class destroyer escort laid down as 

REYBOLD by the Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., on 20 May 1943, was 

launched as GOODALL on 8 July 1943 and transferred on loan 

to the United Kingdom 4 October 1943.  As HMS GOODALL, a 

CAPTAIN class frigate, she served the Royal Navy on escort 

of convoy duty until torpedoed and sunk on 29 April 1945.



	[GOODALL was torpedoed in the entrance to the Kola 

Inlet (69D, 25M N; 33D, 38M E) near Murmansk by U-968.  The 

magazine exploded, blowing away the forward part of the 

ship.  What was left of GOODALL was abandoned and scuttled.]



David Brown, “Warship Losses of World War Two,” p. 149





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