[cripplecreek]

Her (USS Edson) exceptionally meritorious service in 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin was recognized with the first of three Navy Unit Commendations. During the following years she was shelled by North Vietnamese land forces, and apparently received friendly fire from the US Air Force.

[doc1019]

Not the only ship this happened to. The USS Joseph Strauss DDG-16 (my second ship), was mistaken for a truck convoy (at night off the coast of VN) and had several bombs dropped in her general direction ... luckily they missed.