USS Ray K. Edwards
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Ray K. Edwards (DE-237) |
Namesake | Corporal Ray K. Edwards (1923-1942), U.S. Marine Corps Silver Star recipient |
Builder | Charleston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 1 December 1943 |
Launched | 19 February 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Lena M. Edwards |
Reclassified | From destroyer escort (DE-237) to high-speed transport (APD-96) 17 July 1944 |
Commissioned | 11 June 1945 |
Decommissioned | 30 August 1946 |
Stricken | 1 June 1960 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 15 June 1961 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Crosley-class high speed transport |
Displacement | 2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Troops | 162 |
Complement | 204 |
Armament |
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Notes | Laid down as Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Ray K. Edwards (DE-237) |
USS Ray K. Edwards (APD-96), ex-DE-237, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.