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Allied Warships

USS Ahrens (DE 575)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassBuckley 
PennantDE 575 
Built byBethlehem Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down5 Nov, 1943 
Launched21 Dec, 1943 
Commissioned12 Feb, 1944 
End service24 Jun, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 24 June 1946.
Stricken 1 April 1965.
Sold 20 January 1967 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Ahrens include:

29 May, 1944
The German submarine U-549 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic south-west of Madeira in position 31º13'N, 23º03'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Eugene E. Elmore and USS Ahrens. (see map)


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