USS Heywood L. Edwards

USS Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named after Lieutenant Commander Heywood L. Edwards (1905–1941), captain of the destroyer USS Reuben James, the first U.S. Navy ship sunk in World War II. Following the war, the ship was transferred to Japan and renamed Ariake. The ship served with the Japanese until 1974 and was scrapped in 1976.

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DD-663
length 114.8 metre, speed 35 knot, 
destroyer, Fletcher-class destroyer, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Boston Navy Yard, United States Navy, 

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1943-07-04T00:00:00Z

1943-07-04T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1944-01-26T00:00:00Z

1944-01-26T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1959-03-10T00:00:00Z

1959-03-10T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1943-10-06T00:00:00Z

1943-10-06T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1946-07-01T00:00:00Z

1946-07-01T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

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Frameless

USS Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663) underway in the Pacific Ocean, in 1945 (NH 107196)

USS Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663) off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 5 April 1944 (BS 129485)

Japanese destroyers Ariake (DD-183) and Yūgure (DD-184) visiting CFB Esquimalt, Canada, in August 1964

USS Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663) transfers a sailor to another ship, in 1944-1945 (15134947487)

80-G-304993 (29474490296)

80-G-304999 (29474489776)

80-G-304992 (29474490716)

80-G-304991 (29474381536)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		USS Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663) underway in the Pacific Ocean, in 1945 (NH 107196)		Commons
commons	image		USS Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663) off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 5 April 1944 (BS 129485)		Commons
commons	image		Japanese destroyers Ariake (DD-183) and Yūgure (DD-184) visiting CFB Esquimalt, Canada, in August 1964		Commons
commons	image		USS Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663) transfers a sailor to another ship, in 1944-1945 (15134947487)		Commons
commons	image		80-G-304993 (29474490296)		Commons
commons	image		80-G-304999 (29474489776)		Commons
commons	image		80-G-304992 (29474490716)		Commons
commons	image		80-G-304991 (29474381536)		Commons