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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

Add a DD-946 Shellback Initiation Add a DD-946 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1956-Keel Date: 3 DEC 1956
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
JAN1958-Launch Date: 4 JAN 1958
NOV1958-Commissioned: 7 NOV 1958
FEB1959-Shellback Initiation - 16 FEB 1959 - Pacific Ocean
FEB1959-Shellback Initiation - 2 FEB 1959 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1959-Shellback Initiation - 2 NOV 1959 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1963-JUN1963Alaska
FEB1964-OCT1964West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1965-JAN1966West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1967-JUL1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1967-JUL1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1967-JUL1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1967-JAN1968six deployment gunfire support for marine forces top gun award
JAN1967-JAN19686
APR1968-OCT1968West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1969-MAR1969West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1970-JAN1971West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1970-JAN1971West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1970-JAN1971West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1970-JUN1970West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1970-SEP1970West Pac - Viet Nam
JUL1970- Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1970 - Pacific Ocean
AUG1970-MAY1971West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1971-OCT1971West Pac
APR1971-OCT1971West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1971-OCT1971West Pac
MAY1971-OCT1971West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1973-OCT1973West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1973-OCT1973West Pac
MAR1973-OCT1973operation endsweep gulf of tonkhaiphong harbor mine sweep escort
MAY1973-NOV1973West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1974-MAR1975West Pac
JAN1975-JUN1975West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1977-APR1977Command Transfer to Newport, Rhode Island
MAY1977- Shellback Initiation - 3 MAY 1977 - Atlantic Ocean
JUN1983-AUG1983Great Lakes
JUN1984-AUG1984Great Lakes
DEC1988-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]