file created: 12/07/02 00:23:30 , last update: 04/04/00
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DD-439 Edison
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Gleaves 1940/03/18
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
1940/11/23 1941/01/31 1966
scrap
Namesake: inventor Thomas Alva Edison
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41: Ms 1, 42: Ms 12/Mod, 43: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/DesFlot3/DesRon13/DesDiv25 At sea escorting Lend Lease Shipment   81  114 
45/06/27       joinPac   81 
45/07/06 45/07/27     San Diego - repairs   81 
45/07/27 45/08/02     sail San Diego > P.H.   81 
45/08/02 45/09/01     P.H. - training exercises   81 
45/09/01 45/09/13     sail P.H. > Saipan   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1966/04/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 6 Battle Stars
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