Raymond was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort, DE-341. Lieutenant Commander A. F. Beyer had her off Samar. The portrait is from the 1950s, after the war. The hull number on the bow is 341. It is the same ship.
On 25 October 1944 she was in Taffy 3's screen with Dennis, John C. Butler, and Samuel B. Roberts. She fired torpedoes into the smoke at the Japanese force. No ship is credited to that spread. She was not sunk.
She survived the war.