USS Ammen (DD-35)

History
USS Ammen (DD-35), undated, location unknown. Prior to World War I.
United States
Name	Ammen
Namesake	Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey
Cost	$655,075.13
Laid down	29 March 1910
Launched	20 September 1910
Sponsored by	Miss Ethel C. Andrews
Commissioned	23 May 1911
Decommissioned	11 December 1919
Stricken	5 July 1934
Identification	Hull symbol:DD-35 Code letters:NBP
Fate	Transferred to the United States Coast Guard 28 April 1924 Broken up for scrap in 1934
Notes	Ammen lost her name to new construction on 1 July 1933
United States
Name	Ammen
Acquired	28 April 1924
Commissioned	22 January 1925
Decommissioned	18 May 1931
Identification	Hull symbol:CG-8
Fate	Transferred back to the United States Navy
General characteristics
Class & type	Paulding-class destroyer
Displacement	742 long tons (754 t) normal 887 long tons (901 t) full load
Length	293 ft 10 in (89.56 m)
Beam	27 ft (8.2 m)
Draft	8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)
Installed power	12,000 ihp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion	4 × boilers 3 × Parsons Direct Drive Turbines 3 × shafts
Speed	29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h) 30.48 kn (35.08 mph; 56.45 km/h) (Speed on Trial)
Complement	4 officers 87 enlisted
Armament	5 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 6 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (3 × 2)

The first USS Ammen (DD-35) was a Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated as CG-8. She was named for Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen.