HMS Reading, Plymouth 1940

Ex USS BAILEY (Type A - BURNHAM-Class) built by Bethlehem Steel at Squantum and launched on 5th February 1919. Build was completed on 27th August 1919 and the ship was held in Reserve in 1939.. Transferred under the Lease/Lend Agreement in 1940 she was commissioned at Halifax into the RN on 26th November 1940. This ship was the 1st RN warship to carry the name. In common with other ships in transferred in 1940, the name chosen was shared by the Berkshire town and one in Philadelphia, USA. After a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign in March 1942 she was adopted by the civil community of Chingford, Essex
http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-11US-HMS_Reading.htm

United States
Name: USS Bailey
Namesake: Theodorus Bailey
Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard
Cost: $1,222,538.64 (hull and machinery)[1]
Laid down: 3 June 1918
Launched: 5 February 1919
Commissioned: 27 June 1919
Decommissioned: 26 November 1940
Struck: 8 January 1941
Identification: DD-269
Fate: Transferred to the United Kingdom, 26 November 1940

United Kingdom
Name: HMS Reading
Acquired: 26 November 1940
Identification: G71
Fate: scrapped, July 1945
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bailey_(DD-269)