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USS Raymond (DE-341)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - E - M

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/5 stars - WWII Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

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 DP, 4 (2x2) 40mm AA, 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
17k	Reginald Marbury Raymond was born in Sewanee, Tenn. on 20 May 1912 and commissioned ensign 1 June 1933. Serving in a number of billets, he rose to the rank of lieutenant commander. On 28 April 1943, he was on patrol aboard the submarine USS *Scorpion* (SS-278) for a familiarization period when she received orders home. En route on 29 April, she sighted and engaged a 100-ton patrol vessel, which she left burning to the waterline. On the morning of 30 April, she stalked, fired on, and finally torpedoed and sank a 600-ton patrol ship. During the hour and three-quarters fight, however, *Scorpion* received her first casualty. Lcdr. Raymond, on board as prospective commanding officer, was hit and killed by gunfire. For his participation and heroism in the gun battle he was awarded the Silver Star. USS *Raymond* (DE-341) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (US Navy photo from the web site On Eternal Patrol)	Bill Gonyo
52k	undated wartime image	-
25k	undated postwar image	John Hummel
192k	undated postwar image (original photo replaced by higher resolution copy)	Robert Hurst / David Buell
214k	Summer 1953: Bergen, Norway - Four destroyer escorts make a Scandinavian port visit during a North Atlantic Midshipman Cruise. From left to right: USS *Raymond* (DE-341), USS *Melvin R. Nawman* (DE-416), and USS *Chester T. O'Brien* (DE-421), with a fourth unidentified DE aft. This photo is part of the CT-DESA exhibit which is displayed at our CT-DESA chapter events. (Photo from the Nick Palermo Collection)	John N. Adriani
75k	1959: South Boston Naval Annex *Raymond* berthed at the Boston NSY (Photo © Richard Leonhardt)	Richard Leonhardt

View the USS Raymond (DE-341), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

View the Adm. Clifton Sprague and Task Unit 77.4.3 Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of Vice Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague and the 13 ships and 7,300 men of Task Unit 77.4.3,
also known as "Taffy 3," which were under his command during the Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944 during the Battle for Leyte Gulf.

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

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