On 21 March, she sortied with TU 50.18.34, bound for Kerama Retto, Okinawa. 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. She then performed escort duty to Saipan and Tinian, and on 9 February was underway with Task Unit 50.8.24 (TU 50.8.24) to refuel Task Force 58 (TF 58) prior to the Iwo Jima assault. Returning to Manus and Pearl Harbor, she left the latter port on 29 December and arrived at Eniwetok on 7 January 1945. Shortly after the battle, she picked up survivors from the escort carrier St. On 25 October, she participated in the Battle off Samar during which she attacked Japanese ships, inflicting damage to a Japanese cruiser with her 5-inch guns.
After returning to Manus, she supported air operations on 16 October against Leyte, Philippine Islands. On 15 September, she screened the escort carriers attacking Morotai in the Netherlands East Indies. Arriving at the latter on 28 August, she joined the escort carrier group staging for the Morotai assault. She arrived at Pearl Harbor on 23 July, and got underway on 12 August for Guadalcanal and Manus Island. History World War II 1944 įollowing shakedown off Bermuda, Raymond served as training ship for the Norfolk Training Station, then steamed on 1 July for the Panama Canal. The ship was commissioned on 15 April 1944. at their yard in Orange, Texas on 3 November 1943 and launched on 8 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. The second Navy ship to be named Raymond, she was laid down by Consolidated Steel Corp.
The destroyer escort was named for Reginald Marbury Raymond, who was killed by enemy gunfire on 30 April 1943 aboard USS Scorpion. Post-war, she returned home with five battle stars to her credit, including credit for her striking a Japanese cruiser with her 5-inch (127 mm) guns during the Battle off Samar. The purpose of the destroyer escort was primarily to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes.For other ships with the same name, see USS Raymond.Ĭonsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
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