Edwin Hairston

USS Denabola (AD-12) was a destroyer tender of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1921. Originally built as the *Edgewood* in 1919, she was converted to support destroyers with maintenance, supplies, and repairs. Denabola served primarily in the Atlantic and Caribbean during peacetime, playing a key logistical role. During World War II, she was reactivated to provide vital tender services to destroyers and escorts in both the Atlantic and Mediterranean, contributing to Allied naval operations before being decommissioned in 1946.