Construction and Delivery
John Ericsson, the eighth ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class, was laid down at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Chester, Pennsylvania, on 15 March 1989 and launched on 21 April 1990. She entered non-commissioned U.S. Navy service under the control of the Military Sealift Command with a primarily civilian crew on 18 March 1991.
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