Task: Text Categorization
Input (English): Text:  USS Ericsson (DD-440) a Gleaves-class destroyer was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after John Ericsson who is best known for devising and building the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.Ericsson was launched 23 November 1940 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Kearny New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. Ruth E. Wallgren great-great-grandniece of John Ericsson; and commissioned 13 March 1941 Lieutenant Commander G. E. Sage in command.
Output (English): 6