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'''USS ''Edson'' (DD-946)''' is a {{Sclass-|Forrest Sherman|destroyer}}, formerly of the ], built by ] in ] in 1958. Her ] was ], California and she initially served in the Western Pacific/Far East, operating particularly in the ] and off the coast of ]. Her exceptionally meritorious service in 1964 in the ] was recognized with the first of three Navy Unit Commendations. During the following years she was shelled by ] land forces, and apparently received ] from the ]. '''USS ''Edson'' (DD-946)''' is a {{sclass|Forrest Sherman|destroyer}}, formerly of the ], built by ] in ] in 1958. Her ] was ], California and she initially served in the Western Pacific/Far East, operating particularly in the ] and off the coast of ]. Her exceptionally meritorious service in 1964 in the ] was recognized with the first of three Navy Unit Commendations. During the following years she was shelled by ] land forces, and apparently received ] from the ].


Following an onboard fire in 1974, ''Edson'' returned to the West Pacific and was later commended for her roles in the evacuation of ] and ]. Following an onboard fire in 1974, ''Edson'' returned to the West Pacific and was later commended for her roles in the evacuation of ] and ].


She was decommissioned in 1988, but the following year became a ] at the ] in ]. Returning to Navy lay-up in 2004, it was agreed in 2012 that she should again become a museum ship, at ]. A ], she is one of only two surviving ''Forrest Sherman''-class destroyers.<ref name="nhlhom">{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|90000333}}|title=NHL nomination for USS Edson|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref> She was decommissioned in 1988, but the following year became a ] at the ] in ]. Returning to Navy lay-up in 2004, it was agreed in 2012 that she should again become a museum ship, at ]. A ], she is one of only two surviving ''Forrest Sherman''-class destroyers, the other being the {{USS|Turner Joy}}.<ref name="nhlhom">{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|90000333}}|title=NHL nomination for USS Edson|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref>


==Commissioning and initial service== ==Commissioning and initial service==
USS ''Edson'' was named for Major General ] ] (1897–1955), who was awarded the ] (while serving as ] of the ] on ]) and the ] and ] for other actions in ]. USS ''Edson'' was named for Major General ] ] (1897–1955), who was awarded the ] (while serving as ] of the ] on ]) and the ] and ] for other actions in ].


''Edson'' was laid down on 3 December 1956 by Bath Iron Works Corporation and launched on 4 January 1958, sponsored by Mrs. M. A. Edson, widow of General Edson; and ] on 7 November 1958, with ] ] in command. ''Edson'' was laid down on 3 December 1956 by Bath Iron Works Corporation and launched on 4 January 1958, sponsored by Mrs. M. A. Edson, widow of General Edson; and ] on 7 November 1958.<ref name=DANFS>{{cite DANFS |url= https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/edson.html |title= USS Edson}}</ref>
<!-- conflict about commissioning date: 11/58 or 4/59? * 1959 was when she reached her home port.* -->


''Edson'' called at ] and ] ports while conducting shakedown training en route to ], Peru, where she lay from 18–21 February 1959 delivering supplies for the U.S. Embassy in ]. She reached Naval Station Long Beach, California, her home port, on 2 March, and through the remainder of the year perfected her readiness with exercises along the west coast. On 5 January 1960, she sailed from Long Beach for her first deployment in the Far East, during which she patrolled in the ] and took part in amphibious operations off ], and exercises of various types off ]. On 29 April, she rescued three aviators from {{USS|Ranger|CV-61|6}}, whose A-3D aircraft crash landed in the ocean. ''Edson'' returned to Long Beach on 31 May for an ] which continued through October. ''Edson'' spent the remainder of 1960 conducting training off ]. ''Edson'' called at ] and ] ports while conducting shakedown training en route to ], Peru, where she lay from 18 to 21 February 1959 delivering supplies for the U.S. Embassy in ]. She reached Naval Station Long Beach, California, her home port, on 2 March, and through the remainder of the year perfected her readiness with exercises along the west coast. On 5 January 1960, she sailed from Long Beach for her first deployment in the Far East, during which she patrolled in the ] and took part in amphibious operations off ], and exercises of various types off ]. On 29 April, she rescued three aviators from {{USS|Ranger|CV-61|6}}, whose A-3D aircraft crash landed in the ocean. ''Edson'' returned to Long Beach on 31 May for an ] which continued through October. ''Edson'' spent the remainder of 1960 conducting training off ].<ref name=DANFS />
] ]


==WESTPAC deployments== ==WESTPAC deployments==
In June 1961 ''Edson'', together with the other ships of DESDIV 231, sailed to ], to represent the U.S. Navy at the annual Rose Festival. On 11 August 1961, ''Edson'' sailed from Long Beach harbor to start her second WESTPAC deployment. She spent three months in operations with the attack carriers USS ''Ranger'' and USS ''Ticonderoga'' and spent the month of December patrolling the straits between ] and the mainland of Communist China. In June 1961 ''Edson'', together with the other ships of DESDIV 231, sailed to ], to represent the U.S. Navy at the annual Rose Festival. On 11 August 1961, ''Edson'' sailed from Long Beach harbor to start her second WESTPAC deployment. She spent three months in operations with the attack carriers USS ''Ranger'' and USS ''Ticonderoga'' and spent the month of December patrolling the straits between ] and the mainland of Communist China.{{cn|date=June 2024}}


On Friday, 13 March 1964, ''Edson'' departed for her third WESTPAC deployment. After the transit, ''Edson'' began duties with the Taiwan Patrol Force, CTF 72. The end of May and the months of June and July 1964 were filled with carrier operations, Gunfire Support Training in the ], and operation LICTAS, a joint ] operation off the coast of the Philippines. August found ''Edson'' in the Gulf of Tonkin on special operations. It was here she was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for exceptionally meritorious service in support of operations in the Gulf of Tonkin during the period 2–5 August 1964. On her fifth deployment in 1967, she received a hit from a North Vietnamese shore battery while providing a naval gunfire support mission. On Friday, 13 March 1964, ''Edson'' departed for her third WESTPAC deployment. After the transit, ''Edson'' began duties with the Taiwan Patrol Force, CTF 72. The end of May and the months of June and July 1964 were filled with carrier operations, Gunfire Support Training in the ], and operation LICTAS, a joint ] operation off the coast of the Philippines. August found ''Edson'' in the Gulf of Tonkin on special operations. It was here she was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for exceptionally meritorious service in support of operations in the Gulf of Tonkin during the period 2–5 August 1964. On her fifth deployment in 1967, she received a hit from a North Vietnamese shore battery while providing a naval gunfire support mission.{{cn|date=June 2024}}


''Edson'' served as plane guard for ]s on ] in the ], participated in ] operations, patrolled on search and rescue duties, and carried out ] missions during the ]. On 17 June 1968 she apparently took ] from the ], along with several other U.S. and ]n ships.<ref>{{cite web ''Edson'' served as plane guard for ]s on ] in the ], participated in ] operations, patrolled on search and rescue duties, and carried out ] missions during the ]. On 17 June 1968 she apparently took ] from the ], along with several other U.S. and ]n ships.<ref>{{cite web
| url= http://www.gunplot.net/vietnam/hobartvietnam.html | url= http://www.gunplot.net/vietnam/hobartvietnam.html
| title= HMAS HOBART — attacked by US Airforce June 1968 Vietnam | title= HMAS HOBART — attacked by US Airforce June 1968 Vietnam
| access-date= 25 September 2007 | access-date= 25 September 2007
}}</ref> }}</ref>


On 12 December 1974, ''Edson'' suffered a fire in the after ] while training with {{USS|Coral Sea|CV-43|6}}. The fire was caused by the ignition of oil which was spraying from a rupture in a lube oil gauge line. The area was secured and fire extinguished with no personnel casualties. On 12 December 1974, ''Edson'' suffered a fire in the after fireroom while training with {{USS|Coral Sea|CV-43|6}}. The fire was caused by the ignition of oil which was spraying from a rupture in a lube oil gauge line. The area was secured and fire extinguished with no personnel casualties.<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Arkin|title=Naval accidents, 1945–1988 (Neptune papers)|date=1989|publisher=Institute for Policy Studies|asin= B0006EY0C4 |url= http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/reports/naval-nuclear-accidents |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060605194633/http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/reports/naval-nuclear-accidents |archive-date= 2006-06-05}} </ref>


In January 1975, after repairs in Hawaii, ''Edson'' continued on to WESTPAC and in April she participated in ] (evacuation of Phnom Penh, Cambodia) and ] (evacuation of Saigon, Vietnam), earning two Meritorious Unit Commendations. In January 1975, after repairs in Hawaii, ''Edson'' continued on to WESTPAC and in April she participated in ] (evacuation of Phnom Penh, Cambodia) and ] (evacuation of Saigon, Vietnam), earning two Meritorious Unit Commendations.{{cn|date=June 2024}}


''Edson'' was decommissioned on 15 December 1988, and towed to the ] Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility for storage. At the time of her decommissioning, she was the last all-gun destroyer in the United States Navy. ''Edson'' was decommissioned on 15 December 1988,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_DD_946.HTML |title= Edson (DD 946)|website= NVR |access-date= 26 June 2024 }}</ref> and towed to the ] Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility for storage. At the time of her decommissioning, she was the last all-gun destroyer in the United States Navy.{{cn|date=June 2024}}


==Museum== ==Museum==
]''Edson'' served as a museum ship at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City from 30 June 1989 to 14 June 2004 when it was replaced by a ] airliner. The ship was declared a ] in 1990.<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web {{stack|]}}
''Edson'' served as a museum ship at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City from 30 June 1989 to 14 June 2004 when she was replaced by a ] airliner. The ship was declared a ] in 1990.<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web
| url= http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2092&ResourceType=Structure | url= http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2092&ResourceType=Structure
| title= USS Edson (Destroyer) | date= 14 September 2007 | title= USS Edson (Destroyer) | date= 14 September 2007
| work= National Historic Landmark summary listing | work= National Historic Landmark summary listing
| publisher=National Park Service | publisher=National Park Service
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220101058/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2092&ResourceType=Structure | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220101058/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2092&ResourceType=Structure
| archive-date= 20 December 2014 | archive-date= 20 December 2014
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| url= {{NHLS url|id=90000333}} |author=James P. Delgado | url= {{NHLS url|id=90000333}} |author=James P. Delgado
| title= USS Edson (DD-946) | date= 8 January 1990 | title= USS Edson (DD-946) | date= 8 January 1990
| publisher= National Park Service | publisher= National Park Service
}}</ref><ref name="nrhpphotos">{{cite web }}</ref><ref name="nrhpphotos">{{cite web
| url= {{NHLS url|id=90000333|photos=y}} | url= {{NHLS url|id=90000333|photos=y}}
| title=USS ''Edson'' (DD-946)--Accompanying 6 photos, exterior and interior, from 1966 and 1989 | title=USS ''Edson'' (DD-946)--Accompanying 6 photos, exterior and interior, from 1966 and 1989
| series= National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination | series= National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination
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In 2004 the ship was towed to the ], where hull repairs were completed, and then towed back to the Philadelphia Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility for storage. The ] at Bay City, Michigan, and the Wisconsin Naval Ship Association at ], both submitted applications to the ] to relocate ''Edson'' and reinstate her as a museum ship in their respective locations. The Bay City proposal was successful. In 2004 the ship was towed to the ], where hull repairs were completed, and then towed back to the Philadelphia Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility for storage. The ] at Bay City, Michigan, and the Wisconsin Naval Ship Association at ], both submitted applications to the ] to relocate ''Edson'' and reinstate her as a museum ship in their respective locations. The Bay City proposal was successful.


The Navy declared USS ''Edson'' seaworthy on 17 July 2012 <ref>{{cite web|title=Navy declares USS Edson sea-worthy, destroyer to begin voyage to Saginaw River tomorrow|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2012/07/navy_declares_uss_edson_sea-wo.html|publisher=Michigan Live LLC}}</ref> and it was cleared to begin its journey to Michigan on 18 July with arrival at the museum site on 7 August 2012. After roughly a year at a temporary mooring at Wirt Stone docks, she was floated up the Saginaw river to her permanent mooring site, and on Tuesday, 7 May 2013 at 15:01 hours, USS ''Edson'' arrived at her permanent mooring site in Bangor Township, Michigan, at {{Coord|43|36|50|N|83|52|8|W|display=title, inline}}. The Navy declared USS ''Edson'' seaworthy on 17 July 2012 <ref>{{cite web|title=Navy declares USS Edson sea-worthy, destroyer to begin voyage to Saginaw River tomorrow|date=17 July 2012 |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2012/07/navy_declares_uss_edson_sea-wo.html|publisher=Michigan Live LLC}}</ref> and she was cleared to begin her journey to Michigan on 18 July with arrival at the museum site on 7 August 2012. After roughly a year at a temporary mooring at Wirt Stone docks, she was floated up the Saginaw river to her permanent mooring site, and on Tuesday, 7 May 2013 at 15:01 hours, USS ''Edson'' arrived at her permanent mooring site in Bangor Township, Michigan, at {{Coord|43|36|50|N|83|52|8|W|display=title, inline}}.
Twilight Zone: Was the ship on “The Thirty Fathom Grave” episode of the Twilight Zone, aired January 10, 1963.


==See also== ==See also==
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Forrest Sherman-class destroyer

USS Edson (DD-946)
History
United States
NameEdson
NamesakeMerritt A. Edson
Awarded27 January 1956
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath ME
Laid down3 December 1956
Launched4 January 1958
Sponsored byMrs. M. A. Edson (widow)
Acquired31 October 1958
Commissioned7 November 1958
Decommissioned15 December 1988
Stricken31 January 1989
HomeportLong Beach, California, Newport, Rhode Island (1977-1988)
IdentificationNJRE (radio call sign)
Nickname(s)"Fast Eddie", "The Grey Ghost of the Vietnamese Coast"
Honors and
awards		Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Medal, Combat Action Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation (with Operational "O" device)
StatusMuseum ship at Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum, Bay City, Michigan since 2013
General characteristics
Class and typeForrest Sherman-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 2,800 tons standard.
  • 4,050 tons full load
Length
  • 407 ft (124 m) waterline,
  • 418 ft (127 m) overall.
Beam45 ft (14 m)
Draft22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion4 × 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) Babcock & Wilcox boilers, Worthington steam turbines; 70,000 shp (52,000 kW); 2 × shafts.
Speed32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement17 officers, 218 enlisted
Armament
USS Edson
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
LocationBay City, Michigan
NRHP reference No.90000333
Significant dates
Added to NRHP21 June 1990
Designated NHL21 June 1990

USS Edson (DD-946) is a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer, formerly of the United States Navy, built by Bath Iron Works in Maine in 1958. Her home port was Long Beach, California and she initially served in the Western Pacific/Far East, operating particularly in the Taiwan Strait and off the coast of Vietnam. Her exceptionally meritorious service in 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin was recognized with the first of three Navy Unit Commendations. During the following years she was shelled by North Vietnamese land forces, and apparently received friendly fire from the US Air Force.

Following an onboard fire in 1974, Edson returned to the West Pacific and was later commended for her roles in the evacuation of Phnom Penh and Saigon.

She was decommissioned in 1988, but the following year became a museum ship at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York. Returning to Navy lay-up in 2004, it was agreed in 2012 that she should again become a museum ship, at Bay City, Michigan. A National Historic Landmark, she is one of only two surviving Forrest Sherman-class destroyers, the other being the USS Turner Joy.

Commissioning and initial service

USS Edson was named for Major General Merritt "Red Mike" Edson USMC (1897–1955), who was awarded the Medal of Honor (while serving as Commanding Officer of the First Marine Raider Battalion on Guadalcanal) and the Navy Cross and Silver Star for other actions in World War II.

Edson was laid down on 3 December 1956 by Bath Iron Works Corporation and launched on 4 January 1958, sponsored by Mrs. M. A. Edson, widow of General Edson; and commissioned on 7 November 1958.

Edson called at Ciudad Trujillo and Caribbean ports while conducting shakedown training en route to Callao, Peru, where she lay from 18 to 21 February 1959 delivering supplies for the U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru. She reached Naval Station Long Beach, California, her home port, on 2 March, and through the remainder of the year perfected her readiness with exercises along the west coast. On 5 January 1960, she sailed from Long Beach for her first deployment in the Far East, during which she patrolled in the Taiwan Straits and took part in amphibious operations off Okinawa, and exercises of various types off Japan. On 29 April, she rescued three aviators from USS Ranger, whose A-3D aircraft crash landed in the ocean. Edson returned to Long Beach on 31 May for an overhaul which continued through October. Edson spent the remainder of 1960 conducting training off San Diego.

The bow of USS Edson at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

WESTPAC deployments

In June 1961 Edson, together with the other ships of DESDIV 231, sailed to Portland, Oregon, to represent the U.S. Navy at the annual Rose Festival. On 11 August 1961, Edson sailed from Long Beach harbor to start her second WESTPAC deployment. She spent three months in operations with the attack carriers USS Ranger and USS Ticonderoga and spent the month of December patrolling the straits between Taiwan and the mainland of Communist China.

On Friday, 13 March 1964, Edson departed for her third WESTPAC deployment. After the transit, Edson began duties with the Taiwan Patrol Force, CTF 72. The end of May and the months of June and July 1964 were filled with carrier operations, Gunfire Support Training in the Philippines, and operation LICTAS, a joint SEATO operation off the coast of the Philippines. August found Edson in the Gulf of Tonkin on special operations. It was here she was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for exceptionally meritorious service in support of operations in the Gulf of Tonkin during the period 2–5 August 1964. On her fifth deployment in 1967, she received a hit from a North Vietnamese shore battery while providing a naval gunfire support mission.

Edson served as plane guard for aircraft carriers on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in Sea Dragon operations, patrolled on search and rescue duties, and carried out Naval Gunfire Support missions during the Vietnam War. On 17 June 1968 she apparently took friendly fire from the US Air Force, along with several other U.S. and Australian ships.

On 12 December 1974, Edson suffered a fire in the after fireroom while training with USS Coral Sea. The fire was caused by the ignition of oil which was spraying from a rupture in a lube oil gauge line. The area was secured and fire extinguished with no personnel casualties.

In January 1975, after repairs in Hawaii, Edson continued on to WESTPAC and in April she participated in Operation Eagle Pull (evacuation of Phnom Penh, Cambodia) and Operation Frequent Wind (evacuation of Saigon, Vietnam), earning two Meritorious Unit Commendations.

Edson was decommissioned on 15 December 1988, and towed to the Philadelphia Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility for storage. At the time of her decommissioning, she was the last all-gun destroyer in the United States Navy.

Museum

Grey warship looking up from the box end taken from the quay-side against a blue sky
USS Edson in 2003

Edson served as a museum ship at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City from 30 June 1989 to 14 June 2004 when she was replaced by a Concorde airliner. The ship was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1990.

In 2004 the ship was towed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where hull repairs were completed, and then towed back to the Philadelphia Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility for storage. The Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum at Bay City, Michigan, and the Wisconsin Naval Ship Association at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, both submitted applications to the Naval Sea Systems Command to relocate Edson and reinstate her as a museum ship in their respective locations. The Bay City proposal was successful.

The Navy declared USS Edson seaworthy on 17 July 2012 and she was cleared to begin her journey to Michigan on 18 July with arrival at the museum site on 7 August 2012. After roughly a year at a temporary mooring at Wirt Stone docks, she was floated up the Saginaw river to her permanent mooring site, and on Tuesday, 7 May 2013 at 15:01 hours, USS Edson arrived at her permanent mooring site in Bangor Township, Michigan, at 43°36′50″N 83°52′8″W / 43.61389°N 83.86889°W / 43.61389; -83.86889.

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 23 January 2007.
  2. ^ "USS Edson (Destroyer)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 14 September 2007. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014.
  3. "NHL nomination for USS Edson". National Park Service. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. ^ "USS Edson". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
  5. "HMAS HOBART — attacked by US Airforce June 1968 Vietnam". Retrieved 25 September 2007.
  6. William Arkin (1989). Naval accidents, 1945–1988 (Neptune papers). Institute for Policy Studies. ASIN B0006EY0C4. Archived from the original on 5 June 2006.
  7. "Edson (DD 946)". NVR. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  8. James P. Delgado (8 January 1990). "USS Edson (DD-946)". National Park Service.
  9. "USS Edson (DD-946)--Accompanying 6 photos, exterior and interior, from 1966 and 1989". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination. National Park Service. 8 January 1990.
  10. "Navy declares USS Edson sea-worthy, destroyer to begin voyage to Saginaw River tomorrow". Michigan Live LLC. 17 July 2012.

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