&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USS_Edwards_(DD-619)_underway_in_the_Caribbean_Sea,_circa_in_November_1942_(80-G-K-15590).jpg) 'USS Edwards underway in the Caribbean Sea during her shakedown period, c. November 1942.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Edwards |
| Namesake | Walter A. Edwards |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 26 February 1942 |
| Launched | 19 July 1942 |
| Commissioned | 18 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 11 April 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1971 |
| Fate | Sold 25 May 1973 and broken up for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,630 long tons (1,660 t) |
| Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
| Installed power | 50,000 shp (37,000 kW) |
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| Speed | 37.4 kn (43.0 mph; 69.3 km/h) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (7,500 mi; 12,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
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USS Edwards (DD-619) was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named "Edwards", and the first named for Lieutenant Commander Walter A. Edwards (1886–1926), who as commander of Bainbridge in 1922 rescued nearly five hundred people from the burning French transport Vinh-Long. For his heroism Edwards was awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor, the French Légion d'honneur, and the British Distinguished Service Order.
Edwards was launched on 19 July 1942 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. Edward Brayton, widow of Lieutenant Commander Edwards. The ship was commissioned on 18 September 1942.