USS Edmonds (DE-406)
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 United States
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| Name: | Edmonds |
| Laid down: | 1 November 1943 |
| Launched: | 17 December 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 3 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 May 1946 |
| In service: | March 1959, 13th Naval District |
| Out of service: | April 1965 |
| Struck: | 15 May 1972 |
| Fate: | sold for scrapping 20 September 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,350/1,745 tons |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) overall |
| Beam: | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) maximum |
| Propulsion: | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW), 2 screws |
| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
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USS Edmonds (DE-406) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. At the end of World War II, she returned home proudly with five battle stars to her credit. When the Korean War started, she was recommissioned and, at that war's end, she returned home with two more battle stars.
The destroyer escort was named in honor of Aviation Ordnanceman First Class Bert C. Edmonds who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal for his heroism while serving with Torpedo Squadron 8 in the Solomons. The ship was launched on 17 December 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., at Houston, Texas; sponsored by Mrs. F. Campbell, mother of Aviation Ordnanceman Edmonds. The vessel was commissioned on 3 April 1944, Lieutenant Commander C. S. Barker, Jr., in command.
Edmonds reached Pearl Harbor from Boston, Massachusetts, 27 June 1944. After screening escort carriers to Eniwetok and back, she took part in the reception given President F. D. Roosevelt 25 July when he arrived at Pearl Harbor to confer with Pacific Ocean commanders. Four days later Edmonds sailed to report to the U.S. 7th Fleet at Manus. On 31 August she embarked Commander, Escort Division 63, and served as his flagship until 20 November.
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