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Vammen

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-644
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works
Launched1944-05-21
Commissioned1944-07-27
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 12 July 1969. The Navy later expended her as a target.
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.

Vammen
U.S. Navy. The photo was taken by an aircraft from the Naval Air Station Alameda, California (USA). USS Vammen (DE-644) in San Francisco Bay on 10 October 1944 (80-G-284804).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Vammen, hull DE-644, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works, laid her down on 1 August 1943 and launched her on 21 May 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 27 July 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Lyman Maurice King Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, the Marshall Islands, the Philippines, and Leyte. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 12 July 1969. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.