| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Bristol |
| Pennant | DD 601 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 31 Jan 1942 |
| Launched | 25 Jul 1942 |
| Commissioned | 12 Sep 1942 |
| End service | 31 Jan 1947 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 31 January 1947. Further info on this website (offsite link). |
Commands listed for USS Champlin (DD 601)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Charles Leroy Melson, USN | 12 Sep 1942 | 1943 |
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Noteable events involving Champlin include:
12 Mar 1943
The German submarine U-130 was sunk west of the Azores, in position 37º10'N, 40º21'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Champlin (see map)
17 Mar 1943
USS Rowan, USS Champlin and the American merchant William Johnson together pick up survivors from the American merchant Molly Pitcher that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-167 in the North Atlantic about 500 nautical miles west of Lisbon. The Molly Pitcher was abandoned and finally sunk the next day by the German submarine U-521.
7 Apr 1944
The German submarine U-856 was sunk in the North Atlantic east of New York, in position 40º18'N, 62º22'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Champlin and the US destroyer escort USS Huse. (see map)