Hull Number: DE-237
Launch Date: 02/19/1944
Commissioned Date: 06/11/1945
Decommissioned Date: 08/30/1946
Call Sign: NZLG
Other Designations: APD-96
Class: RUDDEROW
RUDDEROW Class
Namesake: RAY KEITH EDWARDS
RAY KEITH EDWARDS
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, August 2019
Ray Keith Edwards — born at Chicago, Ill., on 11 November 1923 — enlisted in the Navy on 16 June 1941. Transferred to the Marine Corps at his own request, he was ultimately rated corporal on 23 February 1942. He lost his life while receiving an important radio message during an aerial bombardment on Guadalcanal on 12 September 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for this action.
Disposition:
Stricken 1 June 1960, and sold on 15 June 1961 to Diamond Manufacturing Co., Georgia.