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Edmonds

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-406
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1943-12-17
Commissioned1944-04-03
FateAfloat. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Edmonds
U.S. Navy. USS Edmonds (DE-406) underway at sea, circa in July 1944 (19-LCM-DE406-2).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Edmonds, hull DE-406, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 1 November 1943 and launched her on 17 December 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 3 April 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Christopher Sylvanus Barker Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Manus, the Philippines, and Lingayen. She was credited with 5 battle stars.

She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.