Photos and the story

Ammen

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-527
Launched	1942-09-17
Commissioned	1943-03-20
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 20 April 1961
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Daniel, John Cheshire Captain, 12 March 1943 – 22 April 1943 Williams, Henry Captain, 22 April 1943 – 11 May 1944 Brown, James Harvey Captain, 11 May 1944 – 14 June 1945 Van Rogers, George Captain from 14 June 1945

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.

USS Ammen (DD-527) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was launched on 17 September 1942 and commissioned on 20 March 1943.

John Cheshire Daniel was her captain from 12 March 1943, so he was already in command when the ship was placed in commission. He stayed until 22 April 1943. Henry Williams took command on 22 April 1943 and remained captain until 11 May 1944.

James Harvey Brown succeeded him on 11 May 1944. Under Brown, Ammen served at Okinawa as a radar picket from 1 April 1945 through June. She came through that duty afloat.

George Van Rogers became captain on 14 June 1945, while the Okinawa picket period was still running through the end of June. Ammen survived the war. The hull was sold for scrap on 20 April 1961.

The pictures on this page are the originals.