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U.S.S. EDISON
(DD-439)Click to view crew list
DD-439 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAR | 1940 | - | Keel Date: 18 MAR 1940 at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | ||
| NOV | 1940 | - | Launch Date: 23 NOV 1940 | ||
| JAN | 1941 | - | Commissioned: 31 JAN 1941 | ||
| JAN | 1943 | - | JAN | 1945 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| SEP | 1943 | - | JUN | 1944 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 18 MAY 1946 | ||
DD-439 General Specifications
Class: Gleaves-class destroyer
Complement: 16 Officers and 260 Enlisted
Displacement: 1630 tons
Length: 348 feet 3 inches
Beam: 36 feet 1 inches
Draft: 11 feet 10 in
Range: 6 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition: Sold 29 December 1966 and broken up for scrap