USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950)
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 20 December 1956 |
| Launched: | 27 September 1957 |
| Commissioned: | 5 February 1959 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 December 1982 |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target off Kauai in Hawaii on 12 May 1997 |
| Struck: | 7 February 1990 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,800 tons standard.
4,050 tons full load. |
| Length: | 407 feet waterline, 418 feet overall. |
| Beam: | 45 feet. |
| Draught: | 22 feet. |
| Propulsion: | 4 x 1,200 psi Foster-Wheeler boilers, General Electric steam turbines; 70,000 shp; 2 x shafts. |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots. |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots. |
| Complement: | 15 officers, 218 enlisted. |
| Armament: | 3 x 5-inch 54 calibre dual purpose Mk 42 guns; 4 x 3-inch 50 calibre Mark 33 anti-aircraft guns; 2 x mark 10/11 Hedgehogs; 6 x 12.75-inch Mark 32 torpedo tubes. |
| Motto: | |
USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950), named for Admiral Richard Stanislaus Edwards USN (1885-1956), was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer built by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company at Seattle in Washington and launched on by Mrs. W. B. Franke.
Richard S. Edwards served as plane guard for carriers on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in Sea Dragon operations, patrolled on search and rescue duties and carried out Naval Gunfire Support missions during the conflict in Vietnam and underwent an ASW modernization at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard between 27 February 1970 and 15 January 1971.
| Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
| Forrest Sherman | John Paul Jones | Barry | Decatur | Davis | Jonas Ingram | Manley | Du Pont | Bigelow | Blandy | Mullinnix | Edson | Somers | Morton | Parsons | Richard S. Edwards | Turner Joy |
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