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DD-619 Edwards
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Bristol | . . Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J. | 1942/07/19 | 1942/09/18 | 1971
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| Namesake: Midshipman Edwards, LtCdr Walter Atlee Edwards (*1888/11/08, +1928/01/15) CMH for rescuing 482 men, women and children from the French military transport Vinh-Long, destroyed by fire in the Sea of Marmora, Turkey, on 16 December 1922 while commanding USS Bainbridge | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 42: Ms 22, 42-43: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 42/11/1? | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 43/01/04 | 43/01/29 | 18 | 66 | ||
| 43/01/29 | 43/01/30 | 18 | xRennel | ||
| 43/01/30 | sail to Efate | ||||
| 43/02/14 | 43/02/19 | Efate | 81 | ||
| 43/03/03 | Escort AO Neosho to refuel TF 68 | 81 | |||
| 43/03/27 | 43/04/16 | PHNY - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 43/04/16 | 43/04/2? | sail form P.H. to Adak | 66 | ||
| 43/04/2 ? | 43/08 | 16 | Aleutians | 66 | |
| 43/04/25 | 43/04/26 | 16.6 | shell Attu | 85 | |
| 43/05/10 | 43/06/02 | Landcr | 51.1 | land Attu | 81 |
| 43/05/12 | Landcr | 51.1 | land Attu: attacking SS - prob sinking/share I-31 | 81 | |
| 43/08/02 | 16.6 | shell Kiska | 85 | ||
| 43/08/12 | 16.6.1 | shell Kiska | 85 | ||
| 43/08/15 | 16 | land Kiska | 110 | ||
| 43/09 | 43/10 | San Francisco ?? - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 43/10/20 | 43/11/08 | Esp. Santo | 66 88 | ||
| 43/11/08 | 43/12 | Galvan | 50.3 | 66 | |
| 44/01 | 44/02 | west coast - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 44/03/03 | 44/03/20 | Majuro - patrol duty | 66 | ||
| 44/03/22 | 44/04/06 | Desec1 | 58 | 66 | |
| 44/04/13 | 44/05/10? | Reckle | 58 | 66 | |
| 44/05/12 | 44/08/18 | EastMarshallsPatGrp | 66 | ||
| 44/05/22 | EastMarshallsPatGrp | shell Wotje | 66 | ||
| 44/05/22 | shell Wotje Atoll (with Bancroft) | 85 | |||
| 44/06/27 | EastMarshallsPatGrp | shell Wotje | 66 | ||
| 44/08 | 44/09 | PHNY - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 44/08/06 | 44/08/11 | Eniwetok | 88 | ||
| 44/10/23 | patro: off Peleliu | ||||
| 44/10/30 | 44/12 | King2 | 77 | 66 | |
| 44/12/06 | 44/12/12 | 78.3 | land Ormoc Bay | ||
| 44/12/2? | 45/05/09 | convoy duty from Leyte to Mindoro, Lingayen Gulf, Polloc Harbor, Davao | 66 | ||
| 44/12/28 | 44/12/30 | 78.3.15 | Mindoro resupply convoy | 81 | |
| 44/12/28 | 78.3.15 | finishing LST-750 | 81 | ||
| 45/05/2? | 45/07 | land Borneo | 66 | ||
| 45/07/1? | 45/09/16 | Subic Bay - escort voyages to Iwojima, Okinawa | 66 | ||