RAYMOND DE 341

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

John C. Butler Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid 3 November 1943 - Launched 8 January 1944 USS RAYMOND DE-341 Commissioned 15 April 1944 - Decommissioned 24 January 1947 Recommissioned 27 April 1951 - Decommissioned 22 September 1958 RAYMOND DE-341 Placed In Service as Naval Reserve Training ship, 1st Naval District at Newport, RI Placed Out of Service 31 May 1960 Stricken 1 July 1972 Sunk as target 22 January 1974 off Florida

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1. USS Raymond DE-341 Covers Page 1    (1951)

 

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning 27 April 1951 to 22 September 1958

 

Locy Type FDPS 2r (B)

1951-07-21

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDPS 9efu

1951-07-21

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2r (B)

1951-10-15

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efu

1951-09-20

Cachet by L.E.N.. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type LDPS 9efu

1957-12-13

Add-on cachet by William Frederick.

 

Other Information

USS RAYMOND earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 5 Battle stars, the WWII Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Lieutenant Commander Reginald Marbury Raymond, USN. (20 May 1912 - 30 April 1943)
        Raymond was born in Sewanee, Tenn. on 20 May 1912. In 1924 his family moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, where in 1928 he graduated from Byrd High School. He attended Centenary College before being appointed to the US Naval Academy, from which he graduated and was commissioned as Ensign on 01 June 1933. He reported to USS Chester CA 27 for duty. In June 1935 he was ordered to the Submarine School at New London, Connecticut. He rounded out his tour at submarine school by marrying Marjorie Woodcock, of New London, on 05 October 1935. His first tour in submarines began in February 1936 on board the USS Canopus AS 9 with Submarine Squadron 5. He was soon detached and ordered to the S-38 SS-143 in March of the same year. He remained on board the USS S-38 until August 1938 when he was ordered to Groton, Connecticut for fitting out USS Saury SS 189 under construction by the Electric Boat Company. USS Saury went into commission early in 1939 and Raymond stayed with her until October 1941. He was then chosen to observe the British prosecution of their submarine war in the Mediterranean and via a roundabout route he reported to Cairo, Egypt, as Naval Observer at the American Legation there. During this tour in Egypt he worked with several British submarines and made several patrols on them in the Mediterranean.
        In June 1942 he was ordered to the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire for duty in connection with the fitting-out of USS Scorpion SS-278. After commissioning on 01 October 1942 and his simultaneous promotion to Lieutenant Commander, USS Scorpion proceeded to the Pacific and her first war patrol. Departing Pearl Harbor on 05 April 1943, she was assigned the mission of laying mines on the eastern side of Honshu. After laying her mines near Nakaminato and sinking 2 ships and 3 sampans, USS Scorpion received orders home on 28 April. Enroute, on 29 April, she sighted and engaged a 100 ton patrol vessel, which she left burning to the waterline. On the morning of 30 April she stalked, fired on, and finally torpedoed and sank the 600 ton patrol ship Ebisu Maru No. 5. Unfortunately, during the 105-minute fight, USS Scorpion received her first casualty. Lt. Cmdr. R. M. Raymond, Executive Officer and prospective Commanding Officer, was hit and killed by gunfire during the 105-minute fight. As his body was being prepared for a burial at sea, USS Scorpion was attacked by an unseen low-flying Japanese plane, and Lt. Cmdr. Raymond's body was lost from the gun platform in the crash-dive. For his participation and heroism in the gun battle he was awarded the Silver Star.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Helen Raymond, Lt. Cmdr. Raymond’s mother.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name RAYMOND - USS Raymond SP-2057 and USS Raymond DE-341. The first RAYMOND retained the name she carried at the time of her acquisition; the second honored Lt. Cmdr. Reginald Marbury Raymond (1912–1943).

 

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