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USS EDSON (DD-946)

  • Also Known As: OSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum
  • Address: 1690 Martin St
  • Vicinity: Marquette Ave
  • Hours: Daily 1 March through 30 December, close for bad weather, Weedays: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Weekends: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
  • Phone: (989)684-3946
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Vehicle
  • Activity Category: Tour
  • Vehicle Type: Boat


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1956/12/03 Bath Iron Works Shipwright Keel of the USS EDSON (DD-946) is laid at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. Named US Marine, Major General Merritt Austin Edson
1958/01/04 Edson is launched by General Edson's widow, Ethel Robbins Edson
1958/11/07 USS EDSON is commissioned under the command of CDR Thomas J Moriarty, USN, sails through the Caribbean and the Panama Canal, arriving at her homeport in Long Beach, California, 2 March 1959.

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Particulars for USS EDSON (DD-946):
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Vehicle Type Boat
Ship Type Destroyer
Ship Class Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Naval Facility
Owner Private
Boat Type Ship
Sight Category Vehicle



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 21st June 1990

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: USS EDSON (DD-946)
Registry Address: Intrepid Sq., foot of 46th St.
Registry Number: 90000333
Resource Type: Structure
Owner: Private
Architect: Bath Iron Works Corp.
Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1956
Historic Function: Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Naval facility
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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