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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Ericsson |
| Namesake | John Ericsson |
| Operator | United States Navy |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 18 March 1940 |
| Launched | 23 November 1940 |
| Commissioned | 13 March 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 15 March 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1970 |
| Fate | Sunk as target 17 November 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,630 tons |
| Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
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USS Ericsson (DD-440), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after John Ericsson, who is best known for devising and building the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.
Ericsson was launched on 23 November 1940 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. Ruth E. Wallgren, great-great-grandniece of John Ericsson. The ship was commissioned on 13 March 1941.