Construction
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 1 November 1943
Launched 17 December 1943, Commissioned 3 April 1944

Wartime History
USS Edmonds rescued 378 sailors from USS Bismarck Sea CVE-95 when it was sunk by two kamikazes on February 21, 1945.

Post War
Decommissiond 31 May 1946, Recommissioned 28 February 1951
Assigned to NRT, 13th Naval District at Portland OR, March 1959

Decommissioned April 1965, Stricken 15 May 1972. Sold for scrapping on September 20, 1973

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