USS Raymond (DE-341)

USS Raymond (DE-341) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II.

The destroyer escort was named for Reginald Marbury Raymond, who was killed by enemy gunfire on 30 April 1943 aboard USS Scorpion.

As part of the antisubmarine screen for TU 50.8.24, Raymond supported the Iwo Jima campaign, arriving off Guam en route to Ulithi on 3 March.

Raymond served in occupied Japanese waters from 2–6 September, then returned to the United States, and in November entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet.

Local operations along the New England coast, exercises in the Caribbean and duty with the Fleet Sonar School at Key West, Florida kept her in the western Atlantic until the summer of 1953, when she conducted a midshipman training cruise to Scandinavia.