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U.S.S. EDSON
(DD-946)THE DESTROYER
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The USS EDSON (DD-946), the thirteenth "Big Gun" Forrest Sherman class destroyer, was commissioned on 7 NOV 1958. Built at Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine, USS EDSON conducted her shakedown training in the Caribbean, transited the Panama Canal and called on Lima, Peru before reaching her homeport of Long Beach, California. USS EDSON began a series of Western Pacific deployments, five of which took her in to the Vietnamese war zone. In 1967 EDSON was hit by North Vietnamese shore artillery. After the war USS EDSON continued the West Coast "DD" routine of "West Pacs" alternating with state side maintenance and training. USS EDSON served her country for 30 years, 1 month and 8 days, until decommissioned on 15 DEC 1988. After decommissioning USS EDSON was donated to the INTREPID Sea-Air-Space Museum at New York City and was berthed there until 2004. The hulk of the EDSON is laid up at NISMF - Philadelphia, PA.
The USS EDSON (DD-946) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
DD-946 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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DEC | 1956 | - | Keel Date: 3 DEC 1956 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
JAN | 1958 | - | Launch Date: 4 JAN 1958 | ||
NOV | 1958 | - | Commissioned: 7 NOV 1958 | ||
FEB | 1959 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 FEB 1959 - Pacific Ocean | ||
FEB | 1959 | - | Shellback Initiation - 2 FEB 1959 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1959 | - | Shellback Initiation - 2 NOV 1959 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1963 | - | JUN | 1963 | Alaska |
FEB | 1964 | - | OCT | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1965 | - | JAN | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | JUL | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | JUL | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | JUL | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | six deployment gunfire support for marine forces top gun award |
JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | 6 |
APR | 1968 | - | OCT | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1969 | - | MAR | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1970 | - | JAN | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1970 | - | JUN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1970 | - | SEP | 1970 | West Pac - Viet Nam |
JUL | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1970 | - | MAY | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | West Pac |
APR | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | West Pac |
MAY | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1973 | - | OCT | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1973 | - | OCT | 1973 | West Pac |
MAR | 1973 | - | OCT | 1973 | operation endsweep gulf of tonkhaiphong harbor mine sweep escort |
MAY | 1973 | - | NOV | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1974 | - | MAR | 1975 | West Pac |
JAN | 1975 | - | JUN | 1975 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1977 | - | APR | 1977 | Command Transfer to Newport, Rhode Island |
MAY | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 MAY 1977 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUN | 1983 | - | AUG | 1983 | Great Lakes |
JUN | 1984 | - | AUG | 1984 | Great Lakes |
DEC | 1988 | - | Decommissioned: 15 DEC 1988 |
DD-946 General Specifications
Class: Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
Complement: 17 Officers and 218 Enlisted
Displacement: 2800 tons
Length: 407 feet
Beam: 45 feet
Draft: 22 feet
Range: 4 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition: Currently awaiting approval by the US Navy to be reinstated as a museum ship in Bay City Michigan
USS EDSON (DD-946)
Edson (DD-946) was launched 4 January 1958 by Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath Maine; sponsored by Mrs. M. A. Edson; and commissioned 7 November 1958 Commander T. J. Moriarty in command.
Edson called at Cuidad Trujillo and other 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. She reached Long Beach
her home port
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 Ranger (CVA-61)
who had splashed during exercises off Okinawa. Edson returned to Long Beach 31 May for an overhaul which continued through October. Edson spent the remainder of 1960 conducting training off San Diego.
[Note: The above USS EDSON (DD-946) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS EDSON (DD-946) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]