Allied Warships

USS Ericsson (DD 440)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

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. Stricken 1 June 1970. Sunk as target 17 November 1970.

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.