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DE- 341 USS RAYMOND

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 3 November 1943
Launched 8 January 1944, Commissioned 15 April 1944
Decommissioned 24 January 1947, Recommissioned 27 April 1951
Decommissioned 22 September 1958, placed "In Service", assigned as NRT ship, 1st Naval District at Newport RI
Placed "Out of Service" 31 May 1960, Stricken 1 July 1972

Fate: sunk as target off Florida 22 January 1974

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Raymond 34kb undated wartime image US Navy Photo
Raymond 25kb undated postwar image John Hummel
Raymond 70kb In Reserve, South Boston Naval Annex, 1959. © Richard Leonhardt

USS RAYMOND DE- 341 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: James S. Toth
Address:PO Box 219 / Loretto PA 15940
Phone: (814) 472-6381
E-mail: James Toth


Note About Contacts.

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