USS Edison

The USS Edison refers to several ships in the United States Navy, named in honor of the American inventor Thomas Alva Edison:

• USS Edison (DD-439), a Gleaves-class destroyer commissioned in 1941 and decommissioned in 1946. She served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during World War II, earning several battle stars.

• USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), a Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine commissioned in 1962 and decommissioned in 1983. She carried Polaris and later Poseidon missiles, serving as a key component of the United States' nuclear deterrent during the Cold War.