USS Edwards

USS Edwards (DD-619) was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named "Edwards", and the first named for Lieutenant Commander Walter A. Edwards (1886–1926), who as commander of Bainbridge in 1922 rescued nearly five hundred people from the burning French transport Vinh-Long. For his heroism Edwards was awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor, the French Légion d'honneur, and the British Distinguished Service Order.

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DD-619
Gleaves-class destroyer, destroyer, Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, United States Navy, 

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1946-04-11T00:00:00Z

1946-04-11T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1942-02-26T00:00:00Z

1942-02-26T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1942-07-19T00:00:00Z

1942-07-19T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

USS Edwards (DD-619), 1942

USS Edwards (DD-619) underway in the Caribbean Sea, circa in November 1942 (80-G-K-15590)

USS Edwards (DD-619) off the New York Naval Shipyard on 8 November 1942 (19-N-38639)

US destroyers in Humboldt Bay in October 1944

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		USS Edwards (DD-619), 1942		Commons
commons	image		USS Edwards (DD-619) underway in the Caribbean Sea, circa in November 1942 (80-G-K-15590)		Commons
commons	image		USS Edwards (DD-619) off the New York Naval Shipyard on 8 November 1942 (19-N-38639)		Commons
commons	image		US destroyers in Humboldt Bay in October 1944		Commons