USS Ray K. Edwards

USS Ray K. Edwards (APD-96), ex-DE-237, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.

[1] Following shakedown off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Ray K. Edwards steamed for the Pacific Ocean.

She reached San Diego, California, on 21 August 1945 and Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, on 12 September 1945.

[1] Ray K. Edwards departed Pearl Harbor on 14 September 1945 bound for Eniwetok and Okinawa, whence she steamed to Japan.

[1] Decommissioned on 30 August 1946, Ray K. Edwards was berthed at Green Cove Springs, Florida, as part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.

[ Ray K. Edwards being launched at Charleston Navy Yard in Charleston , South Carolina , on 19 February 1944, prior to her conversion into a high-speed transport .