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Ahrens

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-575
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Launched1943-12-21
Commissioned1944-02-12
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 24 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Ahrens
F.B. Larrick, U.S. Navy. USS Ahrens (DE-575) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 13 May 1944 (80-G-266487).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Ahrens, hull DE-575, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Private Edward H. Ahrens. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts, laid her down on 5 November 1943 and launched her on 21 December 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 12 February 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Morgan H. Harris.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus, the Admiralty Islands, Leyte, and the Philippines. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 24 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.