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| 57k | Merritt Austin Edson born 25 April 1897 in Rutland, Vt., enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve at the outbreak of World War I and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the regular Marine Corps 9 October 1917. He served in France from September 1918 to December 1919. In 1941 he directed experimental operations which included training with high-speed transports. These led to the organization of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion one month after the United States entered World War II. This battalion was the prototype for Marine Raider and Army Ranger Battalions formed later in the war. Edson led his battalion during the invasion and capture of Tulagi from 7 to 9 August 1942, then was assigned to defend the ridge on Guadalcanal which dominated Henderson Field. For his superb and heroic leadership on the night of 13 and 14 September when his men stood off a fanatic attack by a much larger Japanese force, Colonel Edson was awarded the Medal of Honor. He took part in the Tarawa invasion and in 1944 was appointed Chief of Staff, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. After duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and Marine Corps Headquarters, Major General Edson retired 1 August 1947. He died 14 August 1955 in Washington, D.C. Photo Courtesy of the USMC Historical Division. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 19k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 21k | Undated, as part of DESRON 13, the Blackcats, out of Long Beach, CA. | Doug Walter | |
| 17k | As above | Doug Walter | |
| 53k | As above | Doug Walter | |
| 268k | Undated, in New York City. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 158k | Undated, location unknown. | Tommy Trampp | |
| 84k | Undated, location unknown. | Tommy Trampp | |
| 120k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 154k | Undated, on the Detroit River with the skyline of Detroit in background. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. Jonathan Mycek | |
| 120k | Undated, off Point Loma, CA. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 117k | USS Du Pont (DD-941) outboard & USS Bigelow (DD-942) at the fitting out pier of Bath Iron Works in 1957. On the building ways are (from right to left) Hull (DD-945), Edson (DD-946) and Somers (DD-947). | Robert Hurst | |
| 164k | WestPac, November 16 1965, the USS Edson (DD-946) approaching the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) for underway refueling. Official U.S. Navy Photograph by PH3 G.S. Brown. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 249k | Ships under repair at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in August 1966. The carrier USS Hancock (CVA 19) is to the left while USS Preston (DD 795) and Edson (DD 946) are in the yard's dry dock 4 and USS Enterprise (CVN 65) is to the left. Photo is from the files of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | |
| 56k | Subic Bay, The Philippines late May-early June 1967. | Frank Goetz | |
| 82k | Taken in 1968 from the USS Boston off the Vietnamese coast, the Edson is pictured coming alongside the combat stores ship, Niagara Falls (AFS-3). | John Jazdzewski | |
| 75k | Taken in mid 1968 from the HMAS Hobart (D39) off the Vietnamese coast. | David Sutherland | |
| 34k | Edson during naval gunfire support off the coast of VietNam during the WestPac cruise of 1971. | Bill Heberling | |
| 108k | WestPac cruise of 1971. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 72k | USS Edson DD 946, USS Theodore E. Chandler DD 717 and USS Ozbourn DD 846 circa 1973. | Charles E. Walker Jr. STGCS (SW) USN ret. | |
| 111k | USS Edson entering Pearl Harbor in early 1973 enroute Westpac. Official U.S. Navy photo. | Scott Noble, CAPT, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 177k | 1973 in the Tonkin Gulf. | R. Scott Noble, CAPT, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 19k | 1973 probably on Yankee Station. | R. Scott Noble, CAPT, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 21k | July 1973 during Typhoon Anita. | R. Scott Noble, CAPT, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 156k | Escorting USS Coral Sea coming home from 1973 Westpac, November 1973. | R. Scott Noble, CAPT, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 89k | As above. | R. Scott Noble, CAPT, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 108k | USS Edson entering San Francisco June 1974. Official US Navy photo. | Scott Noble, CAPT, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 161k | USS Edson operating off Pearl Harbor December 1974. Official U.S. Navy photo. | Scott Noble, CAPT, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 161k | Taken from USS Coral Sea, December 1974, in transit from Pearl Harbor to Subic Bay. | Phil Toy | |
| 181k | As above. | Phil Toy | |
| 109k | As above. | Phil Toy | |
| 38k | Seen from HMS Chichester, South China Sea, Operation SeaFox, March 1975. | R. Scott Noble, CAPT, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 89k | USS Edson (DD-946) with USS Henry B. Wilson (DD-957) April 1975, prior to Operation Eagle Pull. | R. Scott Noble, CAPT, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 175k | USS Edson (DD-946) in April 1975, prior to Operation Eagle Pull. | R. Scott Noble, CAPT, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 69k | Mayport Florida, April 1978 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
 
 Welcome Aboard pamphlet - circa 1980 | Wolfgang Hechler | |||
 
 Change of Command pamphlet - January 19 1980 | Wolfgang Hechler | |||
| 256k | Mist surrounds three docked destroyers. The destroyers are, from left to right: the USS Manley (DD-940), the USS Vogelgesang (DD-862) and the USS Edson (DD-946), April 1 1982. Photo courtesy of the National Archives. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 132k | Visit to Montreal June 20, 1983. | Marc Piché | |
| 75k | Visit to Montreal June 20, 1983. | Marc Piché | |
| 69k | Visit to Montreal June 20, 1983. | Marc Piché | |
| 24k | St. Lawrence River August 23 1984. | Marc Piché | |
| 58k | Aug 17, 1986, Hampton Roads, Virginia: The destroyer USS Edson (DD-946) underway. The Edson was the last of the Forest Sherman-class destroyers remaining on the naval registry and was decommissioned Dec. 15, 1988. | Fred Weiss | |
| 112k | New York City Intrepid Museum 1991. | Graeme D Fuller | |
| 97k | A series of photos of the Edson at the New York City Intrepid Museum, March 18 1995. | Larry Backus | |
| 115k | As above. | Larry Backus | |
| 124k | As above. | Larry Backus | |
| 87k | As above. | Larry Backus | |
| 87k | Image of the USS Growler, USS Edson and USS Slater in New York March 1995. | Larry Backus | |
| 132k | May 1, 1995, New York City, New York: The decommissioned destroyer USS Edson (DD-946) tied up at the Intrepid (CV-11) Museum during Fleet Week 95. The Edson is now a memorial ship. | Fred Weiss | |
| 61k | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard October 22 2004. | Gil Bohannon | |
| 122k | A series of 4 images from Philadelphia Naval Shipyard during January 2008 including the USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) and the USS Edson (DD-946). | William S. Meredith | |
| 177k | As above. | William S. Meredith | |
| 206k | As above. | William S. Meredith | |
| 148k | As above. | William S. Meredith | |
| 86k | Taken from the fantail of the USS Des Moines awaiting scrapping at NISMF. The 2 destroyers next to the Edson are the Forrest Sherman and then the Charles F. Adams taken June 26, 2006. | Joe Hood | |
| 96k | Edson from the port beam on June 27, 2006 at Philadelphia NISMF. | Joe Hood | |
| 121k | Five views of the Edson being towed from Philadelphia Navy Yard to it's new home at the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum, Bay City, Michigan on July 18 2012. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 226k | As above with the Forrest Sherman alongside. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 106k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 153k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 203k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 269k | July 2012, the tug Colonel getting ready to tow the Edson to the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 176k | USS Edson as it passed the Ambassador Bridge in the Detroit River on August 5 2012 under tow to the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 145k | August 6 2012, the Edson arrives in Bay City, Michigan. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 32k | September 22 2013 in Bay City, Michigan. | Tim Rizzuto and Ron Reeves | |
| 173k | As above. | Tim Rizzuto and Ron Reeves | |
| 185k | As above. | Tim Rizzuto and Ron Reeves | |
| 217k | As above. | Tim Rizzuto and Ron Reeves | |
| 39k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 39k | Ship's patch. | Bill Heberling | |
| 39k | Ship's Zippo. | Tommy Trampp | |
| 81k | Ship's Plaque. | Tommy Trampp | |
CDR Thomas John Moriarty Nov 17 1958 - Nov 13 1959 CDR Cecil Bradford Collins Jr. Nov 13 1959 - Aug 4 1961 CDR Melvin James Carpenter Aug 4 1961 - Mar 17 1963 CDR John Jerome Herrick Mar 17 1963 - Apr 27 1964 CDR Kenneth George Haynes Apr 27 1964 - Feb 16 1966 (Later RADM) CDR Jay J. Vermilya Feb 16 1966 - Aug 31 1968 CDR John Snyder Holmes Mar 31 1968 - Aug 27 1969 CDR Henry Francis Boyle Jr. Aug 27 1969 - Sep 9 1970 CDR Thomas McCarthy Wallace Sep 9 1970 - Jan 6 1972 CDR John Emory Roe Jr. Jan 6 1972 - Aug 20 1973 CDR James Edward Shay Aug 20 1973 - Nov 22 1975 CDR Boyden Tracy Steele Nov 22 1975 - Nov 2 1977 CDR Gilbert Harvey McKelvey Nov 2 1977 - Jan 9 1980 CDR John Paul Davis Jr. Jan 9 1980 - Aug 3 1982 CDR Joseph Peter Marnane Aug 3 1982 - Sep 30 1982 CDR Welbourne Frederick Bronaugh Jr. Sep 30 1982 - Sep 22 1984 CDR David Robert Scheu Sep 22 1984 - Aug 9 1986 CDR Gideon Wilcox Almy III Aug 9 1986 - Dec 15 1988
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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