⚓︎ USS Edson: Preserving the Legacy of Service
Description
When most people visit a museum, they walk through history. But aboard the USS Edson, you're walking inside it. In this episode, Navy veteran and lifelong Bay City resident Bill Randall takes us deep into the hull of a Vietnam-era destroyer—now a floating museum—and deeper still into the heart of what it means to serve, remember, and preserve.
From scavenging radar systems through old-school bartering (“we traded a torpedo for it”) to turning the ship into Michigan’s most haunted Halloween attraction, Bill and his dwindling crew of volunteers have spent over a decade keeping this legend alive—one paintbrush stroke, one ghost story, one overnight scout trip at a time.
More than a warship, the USS Edson is now a living monument, a place where memory, education, and community collide—moored just off the Saginaw River.
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USS Edson Website: https://svnsm.com/
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