|
DD-663 Heywood L. Edwards
United States Navy destroyer
| |||||
| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher | . . Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass. | 1943/10/06 | 1944/01/26 | 1959
sold | |
| Namesake: | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 43: Ms 32/18d, 44: Ms 32/18d | |||||
|
WW II combat actions:
| |||||
| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44/04/2? | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/05/08 | 44/05/29 | 52 | P.H. - training | 66 | |
| 44/05/29 | 44/07/30 | Forage | 52.12/DesRon56 | ||
| 44/08/0? | 44/08/18 | Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 44/08/06 | 44/08/11 | Eniwetok | 88 | ||
| 44/08/18 | 44/08/2? | sail from Eniwetok to Tulagi | 66 | ||
| 44/08/18 | 44/08/22 | 57.5.5/DesRon56 | sail from Eniwetok to Tulagi | 88 | |
| 44/08/23 | 44/08/29 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 44/09/01 | 44/09/03 | 35/DesRon56 | exercises off Guadalcanal | 88 | |
| 44/09/06 | 44/10/01 | Stale2 | 32.5 | land Peleliu, Angaur | 66 |
| 44/09/24 | 44/09/25 | Stale2 | 32.5 | sinking barge off Peleliu | |
| 44/10/01 | 44/10/12 | Seeadler Harbor, Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/10/12 | 44/11/25 | King2 | 77.2/DesRon56 | 66 | |
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/25 | King2 | LetfFor/DesRon56 | xSuriga | |
| 44/11/25 | 44/11/29 | sail form Leyte to Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/11/29 | 44/12/15 | Seeadler Harbor, Manus - upkeep, availability | 66 | ||
| 44/12/1? | 45/01/01 | Kossol Roads - training | 66 | ||
| 45/01/01 | 45/01/22 | Mike1 | 77.2.2/DesRon56 | 66 105 | |
| 45/01/22 | 45/01/27? | Mike1 | 77.15 | sail from Lingayen to Leyte | 66 81 |
| 45/02/05 | Ulithi | 125 | |||
| 45/02/12 | 45/03/01? | Detach | 54 | 66 | |
| 45/02/24 | Detach | 54 | damaged in collision with Bryant off iwojima (24-47N, 141-25E) | 85 | |
| 45/03/01 | 45/03/05 | Saipan, Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/03/05 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 54.1.5 | FS, RP duty | 66 |
| 45/04/06 | Iceber | 54.1.5 | damaging Hutchins by AA fire during air attack 18 nm SE of Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa (26-00N,128-00E) | 85 | |
| 45/04/17 | Iceber | 54.1.5 | destroying coastal battery off Okinawa | ||
| 45/05/18 | Iceber | 54.1.5 | scuttled Longshaw 4 nm WSW of Naha, Okinawa (26-11N, 127-37E) | 85 | |
| 45/05/24 | Iceber | 54.1.5 | damaged(friendly fire) in Hagushi Bay, Okinawa (26-20N, 127-43E) | 66 85 | |
| 45/05/28 | 45/07/28 | Iceber | 34 | FS, RP duty | 66 |
| 45/07/28 | 45/07/31? | sail from Okinawa to Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/08/0? | 45/08/29 | Saipan, Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 59 | sold to Japan > Ariake | ||||