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USS Edison (DD 439)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBenson / Gleaves 
PennantDD 439 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down18 Mar, 1940 
Launched23 Nov, 1940 
Commissioned31 Jan, 1941 
End service18 May, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 18 May 1946.
Stricken 1 April 1966.
Sold 29 December 1966 and broken up for scrap. 

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