USS Edmonds
1943 John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
USS Edmonds (DE-406) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1965. She was scrapped in 1973.
Namesake
Bert C. Edmonds was born on 21 March 1919 in Longmont, Colorado. He enlisted in the Navy on 11 September 1937. Aviation Ordnanceman First Class Edmonds was serving with Torpedo Squadron 8 when he was killed in action in the Solomon Islands on 16 October 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal.
History
The ship was launched on 17 December 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., at Houston, Texas; sponsored by Mrs. F. Campbell, mother of Aviation Ordnanceman Edmonds. The vessel was commissioned on 3 April 1944.
World War II
Edmonds reached Pearl Harbor from Boston, Massachusetts, 27 June 1944.
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