1976. Awards Heywood L. Edwards received seven battle stars for her service in World War II and a Navy Unit Commendation for her outstanding part in the great amphibious operations of 1944–45. References External links USS Heywood L. Edwards home page at Destroyer History Foundation navsource.org: USS Heywood L. Edwards hazegray.org: USS Heywood L. Edwards Fletcher-class destroyers of the United States Navy Ships built in Boston 1943 ships World War II destroyers of the United States Fletcher-class destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force