USS Richard S. Edwards

	Richard S. Edwards in 1962
History
United States
Namesake	Richard Stanislaus Edwards
Ordered	27 January 1956
Builder	Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
Laid down	20 December 1956
Launched	27 September 1957
Acquired	30 January 1959
Commissioned	5 February 1959
Decommissioned	18 December 1982
Stricken	7 February 1990
Fate	Sunk as a target off Kauai in Hawaii on 10 April 1997 or 12 May 1997
General characteristics
Class and type	Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
Displacement	2,800 tons standard.; 4,050 tons full load.;
Length	407 ft (124 m) waterline, 418 ft (127 m) overall.
Beam	45 ft (14 m)
Draft	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion	4 x 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) Babcock & Wilcox boilers, Westinghouse steam turbines; 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 x shafts.
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	15 officers, 218 enlisted.
Armament	3 x 5 in (127 mm)/54 calibre dual purpose Mk 42 guns; 4 x 3 in (76 mm)/50 calibre Mark 33 anti-aircraft guns; 2 x mark 10/11 Hedgehogs; 6 x 12.75 in (324 mm) Mark 32 torpedo tubes.

USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950), named for Admiral Richard Stanislaus Edwards USN (1885–1956), was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer built by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company at Seattle, Washington and launched on 24 September 1957 by Mrs. W. B. Franke; and commissioned 5 February 1959.

Richard S. Edwards served as plane guard for carriers on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in Sea Dragon operations, patrolled on search and rescue duties and carried out Naval Gunfire Support missions during the Vietnam War and underwent an ASW modernization at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard between 27 February 1970 and 15 January 1971.

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History
Richard S. Edwards in 1962
United States
Namesake	Richard Stanislaus Edwards
Ordered	27 January 1956
Builder	Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
Laid down	20 December 1956
Launched	27 September 1957
Acquired	30 January 1959
Commissioned	5 February 1959
Decommissioned	18 December 1982
Stricken	7 February 1990
Fate	Sunk as a target off Kauai in Hawaii on 10 April 1997^[1]^[2] or 12 May 1997^[3]^[4]
General characteristics
Class and type	Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
Displacement	2,800 tons standard. 4,050 tons full load.
Length	407 ft (124 m) waterline, 418 ft (127 m) overall.
Beam	45 ft (14 m)
Draft	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion	4 x 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) Babcock & Wilcox boilers, Westinghouse steam turbines; 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 x shafts.
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	15 officers, 218 enlisted.
Armament	3 x 5 in (127 mm)/54 calibre dual purpose Mk 42 guns; 4 x 3 in (76 mm)/50 calibre Mark 33 anti-aircraft guns; 2 x mark 10/11 Hedgehogs; 6 x 12.75 in (324 mm) Mark 32 torpedo tubes.