| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Benson / Gleaves |
| Pennant | DD 440 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 18 Mar, 1940 |
| Launched | 23 Nov, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 13 Mar, 1941 |
| End service | 15 Mar, 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 15 March 1946. Stricken 1 June 1970. Sunk as target 17 November 1970. |
| Noteable events involving Ericsson include: 15 Jan, 1942 |