The USS Raymond (DE-341) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy during World War II. Commissioned in 1944, the ship was involved in convoy duty in the Atlantic Ocean, protecting merchant ships from German submarines. It also participated in anti-submarine warfare operations, including the sinking of a German U-boat. After the war, the USS Raymond was decommissioned and transferred to the Greek Navy, where it served as the Leon (D54). The ship was eventually scrapped in 1991. The USS Raymond's service highlighted the crucial role of destroyer escorts in safeguarding convoys and hunting enemy submarines during the Second World War.

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