USS Ericsson

USS ''Ericsson'' has been the name of three

warship A warship or combatant ship is a naval ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare. Usually they belong to the armed forces of a state. As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are usually faster a ...

s in the

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. They are all named for

John Ericsson John Ericsson (born Johan Ericsson; July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish-American inventor. He was active in England and the United States. Ericsson collaborated on the design of the railroad steam locomotive ''Novelty'', which co ...

, the designer of and a

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that was cable-powered by an external source. More recently, a support ship in the

Military Sealift Command Military Sealift Command (MSC) is an organization that controls the replenishment and military transport ships of the United States Navy. Military Sealift Command has the responsibility for providing sealift and ocean transportation for all US ...

has been designated by his full name. * , a torpedo boat, served from 1897 until 1912. * , an , served in the navy from 1915 until 1922. Transferred to the

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where she served from 1925 until 1932 as CG-5. * , a , served from 1941 until 1946. * MS ''John Ericsson'' the

Swedish American Line Swedish American Line ( sv, Svenska Amerika Linien, abbr. SAL) was a Swedish passenger shipping line. It was founded in December 1914 under the name Rederiaktiebolaget Sverige-Nordamerika and began ocean liner service from Gothenburg to New Y ...

trans Atlantic passenger ship MS ''Kungsholm'' 1928–1941 was requisitioned by the US Government in 1942, renamed ''John Ericsson'', and operated by the

War Shipping Administration The War Shipping Administration (WSA) was a World War II emergency war agency of the US government, tasked to purchase and operate the civilian shipping tonnage the United States needed for fighting the war. Both shipbuilding under the Maritime C ...

as a troop transport until returned to the line after the war and then sold to other lines. * , a underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command to support ships of the United States Navy. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ericsson United States Navy ship names