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 | 15 Jun 1939 |
Laid down | 18 Mar 1940 |
Launched | 23 Nov 1940 |
Commissioned | 13 Mar 1941 |
End service | 15 Mar 1946 |
History | Decommissioned 15 March 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Ericsson (DD 440)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Ellingwood Sage, USN | 13 Mar 1941 | 2 Aug 1942 |
2 | T/Cdr. Clyde Marcus Jensen, USN | 2 Aug 1942 | 29 Mar 1943 |
3 | T/Lt.Cdr. Bernard Henry Meyer, USN | 29 Mar 1943 | 15 Dec 1944 (1) |
4 | Charles Alexander Baldwin, USN | 15 Dec 1944 | 15 Mar 1946 (1) |
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Notable 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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