Allied Warships

USS Ericsson (DD 440)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBenson / Gleaves 
PennantDD 440 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered15 Jun 1939 
Laid down18 Mar 1940 
Launched23 Nov 1940 
Commissioned13 Mar 1941 
End service15 Mar 1946 
History

Decommissioned 15 March 1946.
Stricken 1 June 1970.
Sunk as target 17 November 1970.

 

Commands listed for USS Ericsson (DD 440)

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CommanderFromTo
Bernard Henree Meyer, USN
Charles Alexander Baldwin, USN
1Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Ellingwood Sage, USN13 Mar 1941

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Noteable events involving Ericsson include:


15 Jan 1942
The British merchant Dayrose is torpedoed and sunk southwest of Cape Race in position 46°32'N, 53°00'W by German U-boat U-552. 4 survivors are picked up by the US destroyers USS Ericsson and USS Stack.

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Whitley, M. J.


U.S. Destroyers

Friedman, Norman


United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.

Roscoe, Theodore

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