Книга: USS Ellyson (DD-454): United States Navy, Theodore Gordon Ellyson, Submariner, United States Naval Aviator, Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Ellyson (DD-454/DMS-19), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Theodore Gordon Ellyson, a submariner who became the first officer of the U.S. Navy to be designated a naval aviator. Ellyson was laid down by Federal Shipbuilding of Kearny, New Jersey on 20 December 1940. She was launched on 26 July 1941 sponsored by Miss Gordon Ellyson, daughter of Commander Ellyson, and commissioned on 28 November 1941 with Lieutenant Commander L. B. Rooney in command.