JOHN ERICSSON - ericsson.htm

BUILT: 1928	BEAM: 78'	DRAFT: 29'
LENGTH: 609'	CARGO [cu ft]: 167,000	PASS [troop ship]: 5,461
PROP: Diesel 2	RADIUS [miles]: 13,000	TONS: 16,552
TYPE:	SPEED [knots]: 15	DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: ?

Former names: KUNGSHOLM.

Early in WW II she was obtained and renamed the JOHN ERICSSON in honor of the nineteenth century Sweedish engineer and inventor, who designed the USS MONITOR.