Editing O'Brien-class destroyer (section)

=== USS ''Ericsson'' (DD-56) ===
[[File:USSEricssonDD56.jpg|thumb|{{USS|Ericsson|DD-56|2}} in [[United States Coast Guard]] service, c. 1925–1930]]
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USS ''Ericsson'' (Destroyer No. 56/DD-56) was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding of [[Camden, New Jersey]], in November 1913 and launched in August of the following year. The ship was the second U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of [[John Ericsson]], the Swedish-born builder of the ironclad warship {{USS|Monitor}} during the American Civil War.<ref name=DANFS-Ericsson />

After ''Ericsson''{{'}}s May 1916 commissioning, she sailed off the east coast and in the Caribbean.<ref name=DANFS-Ericsson /> She was one of the U.S. destroyers sent out to rescue survivors from five victims of the German submarine ''U-53'' off the Lightship Nantucket in October 1916,<ref name=NYT-U53 /> and carried 81 passengers from a sunken British ocean liner to Newport, Rhode Island.<ref name=NYT-Six>{{cite news | title = Six of our ships see Stephano sunk | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/10/09/301915412.pdf | work = The New York Times | date = 9 October 1916 | access-date = 28 May 2009 | page = 1 | format=PDF}}</ref> After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, ''Ericsson'' was part of the first U.S. destroyer squadron sent overseas. Patrolling the Irish Sea out of Queenstown, Ireland, ''Ericsson'' made several unsuccessful attacks on U-boats, and rescued survivors of several ships sunk by the German craft.<ref name=DANFS-Ericsson />

Upon returning to the United States after the war, ''Ericsson'' conducted operations with the destroyers of the Atlantic Fleet until August 1919, when she was placed in reserve, still in commission. After a brief stint of operations in mid 1921, she was placed in reserve until she was decommissioned at Philadelphia in June 1922. In June 1924, ''Ericsson'' was transferred to the United States Coast Guard to help enforce Prohibition as a part of the "Rum Patrol". She operated under the name USCGC ''Ericsson'' (CG-5) until May 1932, when she was returned to the Navy. She was sold for scrap in August 1934.<ref name=DANFS-Ericsson />