History
After her initial shakedown, Swanson began escort and convoy duties between New England, Bermuda, and Iceland. She escorted the battleships Washington (BB-56) and North Carolina (BB-55), and aircraft carrier Hornet (CV-8), on their trial runs in late 1941. After the outbreak of war on 7 December 1941, her convoy duties were extended to include three runs to Scotland as well as single voyages to Nova Scotia and Greenland.
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