Jim Reha gave the presentation "History of the USS EDSON" to the Saginaw River Marine Historical Society on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 815 N. Grant St. (and Center Ave.), Bay City, Michigan.
Jim Reha is Director of Educational Programs of the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum. The museum is permanently housed in the USS EDSON DD-946, a retired United States Navy destroyer.
The USS EDSON is a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer, formerly of the United States Navy, built by Bath Iron Works in Maine and launched on January 4, 1958. She was decommissioned on December 15, 1988. The EDSON arrived in Bay County, Michigan on August 7, 2012. Since May 7, 2013, she has been located just inside Bay County's Bangor Township, permanently moored in the Saginaw River.
• "SVNSM - Home of the USS Edson" website: svnsm.com
• "USS Edson" Facebook page: / ussedsonmuseum
"U.S.S. Edson - Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum" on Google Maps: maps.app.goo.gl/91Pyk6K2yNkuk...
(Postal address for the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum, home of the USS EDSON DD-946: 1680 Martin St, Bay City, Michigan.)
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The Saginaw River Marine Historical Society has seven monthly FREE presentations a year and they start at 6:30 pm, usually on the third Saturday of each month. Customarily, there are no presentations in May, June, July, August and December. Our upcoming presentations here: / events
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The 2400 square foot Saginaw River Marine Historical Society Museum and Store is in the Bay City Town Center (formerly known as Bay City Mall) and is located next to Zales Jewelers. Link to the Saginaw River Marine Historical Society Museum and Store on Google Maps: goo.gl/maps/M2hhiofdV1pNbeuF8
The artifacts on display in the SRMHS Museum tell the story of shipbuilding on the Saginaw River. While it is not a complete history of shipbuilding, we hope this will encourage visitors to learn more about the contributions of early Saginaw River shipbuilders. More than 650 commercial vessels were built on the Saginaw River and around the Saginaw Bay.
You can make an appointment to visit the SRMHS Museum and Store by calling Don Morin (SRMHS president) at 989-545-9425.
(Note: Bay City Town Center is an enclosed shopping mall in Bangor Township, Bay County, Michigan, just outside the city of Bay City.
Information Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Cit... )