| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Buckley |
| Pennant | DE 575 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 7 Aug 1942 |
| Laid down | 5 Nov 1943 |
| Launched | 21 Dec 1943 |
| Commissioned | 12 Feb 1944 |
| End service | 24 Jun 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned 24 June 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Ahrens (DE 575)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Morgan Hamilton Harris, USNR | 12 Feb 1944 | 30 Jun 1944 |
| 2 | William J Rogers, Jr., USNR | 30 Jun 1944 | early 1946 |
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Notable events involving Ahrens include:
29 May 1944
German U-boat U-549 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic south-west of Madeira in position 31°13'N, 23°03'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Eugene E. Elmore and USS Ahrens.
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