USS Ammen (DD-527)

	USS Ammen (DD-527) underway off Leyte, 20–24 October 1944
History
United States
Namesake	Daniel Ammen
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California
Laid down	29 November 1941
Launched	17 September 1942
Commissioned	20 March 1943
Decommissioned	15 September 1960
Stricken	1 October 1960
Fate	Sold for scrap, 20 April 1961
General characteristics
Class & type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.7 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6500 nm at 15 kn (12,000 km at 28 km/h)
Complement	336
Armament	5 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns; 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns; 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns; 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 × single depth charge throwers; 2 × depth charge racks;

USS Ammen (DD-527), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen (1820–1898).

History
USS Ammen (DD-527) underway off Leyte, 20–24 October 1944
United States
Namesake	Daniel Ammen
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California
Laid down	29 November 1941
Launched	17 September 1942
Commissioned	20 March 1943
Decommissioned	15 September 1960
Stricken	1 October 1960
Fate	Sold for scrap, 20 April 1961
General characteristics
Class & type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.7 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6500 nm at 15 kn (12,000 km at 28 km/h)
Complement	336
Armament	5 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × single depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge racks