| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Benson / Gleaves |
| Pennant | DD 438 |
| Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 8 Dec 1939 |
| Launched | 11 Nov 1940 |
| Commissioned | 5 Mar 1941 |
| End service | 20 May 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 20 May 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Ludlow (DD 438)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Claude Henry Bennett, Jr., USN | 5 Mar 1941 | 19 Sep 1942 |
| 2 | Cdr. Liles Walker Creighton, USN | 19 Sep 1942 | 8 Feb 1944 |
| 3 | Lt. Phillip Cutler, USN | 8 Feb 1944 | 25 Feb 1944 |
| 4 | Cdr. William Roy Barnes, USN | 25 Feb 1944 | 28 Feb 1945 |
| 5 | Cdr. Stanley Maitland Barnes, USN | 28 Feb 1945 | 26 Feb 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Ludlow include:
31 May 1942
The British merchant Fred W. Green is sunk with gunfire by the German submarine U-506 southeast of Bermuda in position 30º20'N, 62º00'W. USS Ludlow later picks up 36 survivors.
19 May 1944
The German submarine U-960 was sunk in the Mediterranean north-west of Algiers, in position 37º20'N, 01º35'E, by the US destroyers USS Niblack, USS Ludlow and Wellingtons (Sqdn 36) and Venturas (Sqdn 500). (see map)