Nantucket in October 1916, and carried 81 passengers from a sunken British ocean liner to Newport, Rhode Island. 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. 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. Notes References Bibliography Silverstone, Paul H., U.S. Warships of World War I (Ian Allan, 1970), . External links DestroyerHistory.org Thousand Tonner page DestroyerHistory.org O'Brien class page Tin Can Sailors@Destroyers.org O'Brien class NavSource Destroyer Photo Index Page DiGiulian, Tony Navweaps.com 4"/50 Mks 7, 8, 9, and 10 DiGiulian, Tony Navweaps.com Pre-WWII US Torpedoes US Navy Torpedo History, part 2 Destroyer classes