| abstract | - USS Richey (DE-385) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was named in honor of ensign Joseph Lee Richey who was killed 7 December 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. She was laid down 19 April 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 30 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph Lee Richey; and commissioned 30 October 1943, Comdr. Petros "Peter" D. Mills, USCG, in command.
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