| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Benson / Gleaves |
| Pennant | DD 439 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 18 Mar 1940 |
| Launched | 23 Nov 1940 |
| Commissioned | 31 Jan 1941 |
| End service | 18 May 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 18 May 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Edison (DD 439)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Albert Christian Murdaugh, USN | 31 Jan 1941 | 1 Mar 1942 |
| 2 | Cdr. William Ramon Headden, USN | 1 Mar 1942 | 24 Feb 1943 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Hepburn Alcott Pearce, USN | 24 Feb 1943 | 15 May 1945 |
| 4 | Cdr. William John Caspari, USN | 15 May 1945 | 18 May 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Edison include:
Franklyn E. Dailey, Jr., CAPT. USNR (Ret.), gunnery officer of the USS Edison wrote a book about the ship, "Joining the War at Sea, 1939-1945, A Destroyer's Role in World War II, Convoys and Invasion Landings". Dailey Internaional Publishers, 500 Laurel Oaks Lane, Alpharetta, GA 30004, Georgia
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