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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid December 1 1943 - Launched February 19 1944<br/>
Converted to Crosley Class High-speed Transport (APD) July 17 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS RAY K. EDWARDS APD-96'''<br/>
Commissioned June 11 1945 - Decommissioned August 30 1946<br/>
Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register June 1 1960<br/>
Sold June 15 1961 to Diamond Manufacturing Co., Georgia for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner).
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[USS RAY K. EDWARDS APD-96_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]]     (1946)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set,
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type<br/>2#<br/><br/>(Br. #15865)
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1946-04-24
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[[Image:JonBurdett raykedwards apd96 19460424 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett raykedwards apd96 19460424.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Ray Keith Edwards USN/USMC (November 11 1923 - September 12 1942)<br/>
Edwards enlisted in the Navy June 16 1941; was transferred to the Marine Corps at his own request; and was rated Corporal February 23 1942. He lost his life while receiving an important radio message during an aerial bombardment on Guadalcanal, September 12 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for this action



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[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
See [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]] for detailed information on
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