The USS Edson has arrived at the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum in Bay City, Michigan, where it will become a floating museum and tourist attraction.
The USS Edson was commissioned in 1958 and decommissioned in 1988. The ship is named after Merritt Austin Edson, who received the Medal of Honor near the end of his 30-year military career for his heroism in successfully withdrawing units to a reserve line with minimum casualties during a heavy attack in the Soloman Islands by the Japanese in September 1942.