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DE-237 / APD-96 Ray K. Edwards

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)
Crosley Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 1 December 1943, as (DE-237), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 19 February 1944
  • Converted to a Crosley Class High-speed Transport
  • Commissioned USS Ray K. Edwards (APD-96), 11 June 1945
  • Decommissioned, 30 August 1946, at Green Cove Springs FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1960
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 15 June 1961, to Diamond Manufacturing Co., Georgia
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,400 t.
    Length 306' ovl.
    Beam 37"
    Draft 12' 7" (limiting)
    Speed 23.6 kts. (trial)
    Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.
    Complement 12-15 Officers, 189-192 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations 12 Officers, 150 Enlisted
    Boats 4 LCVP landing craft
    Troop Accoutrements
    six 1/4 ton trucks
    two 1 ton trucks
    four ammunition carts
    four pack howitzers
    Storage
    Ammunition 6,000 cu. ft.
    General Cargo 3,500 cu. ft.
    Gasoline 1,000 cu. ft.
    Armament
    one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    three twin 40 mm gun mounts
    six single 20 mm gun mounts
    two depth charge tracks
    Propulsion 2 Combustion Engineering DR boilers, 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 shafts, Shaft horsepower 12,000
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    By
    LSM-396 88k LSM-396, and
    LSM-308 at the fitting out piers at US Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C. Other ships in this photo include:
    LSM-309,
    LSM 389,
    LSM-390,
    LSM-391,
    LSM-392,
    LSM-393,
    LSM-394,
    LSM-395,
    LSM-397,
    LSM-398,
    Ray K. Edwards     (APD-96),
    Arthur L. Bristol (APD-97),
    Truxton (APD-98),     and
    Upham (APD-99).
    US Navy Yard Charleston photo # 132-46, dated 10 January 1945.     		USS LSM / LSMR Association
    Ray K Edwards 51k Ray K. Edwards (DE-237), launching, 19 February 1944 S. D. Phillips
    Ray K Edwards 14k Ray K. Edwards (APD-96), date and place unknown. S. D. Phillips
    Ray K Edwards 44k Ray K. Edwards (APD-96), date and place unknown. S. D. Phillips
    Ray K Edwards 43k Ray K. Edwards (APD-96), circa 1946, taking water over the bow Photo by
    S. D. Phillips
    Ray K Edwards 60k Ray K. Edwards (APD-96), circa 1946, MT 51, looking forward Photo by
    S. D. Phillips
    Ray K Edwards 109k Good detail photo of Ray K. Edwards (APD-96), engine room control panel, circa 1946. Photo by
    S. D. Phillips
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    DANFS     history entry at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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