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DE- 644 USS VAMMEN

CLASS: Buckley TYPE: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco on 1 August 1943, Launched 21 May 1944
Commissioned 27 July 1944, Decommissioned 3 February 1947
Underwent SCB-63A, ASW Upgrade during 1951.
Recommissioned 12 February 1952
Assigned to NRT, 11th Naval District at Long Beach CA 21 May 1960
Decommissioned 18 June 1960, placed "in service" as a unit of the Select Reserve ASW Force
Recommissioned 2 October 1961 for the Berlin Crisis, Decommissioned and placed "in service" 1 August 1962
Placed "Out of Service" 12 July 1969, Stricken 12 July 1969

Fate: Sunk as target 18 February 1971 during testing of the Condor missile

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Vammen 76k off San Francisco, on 3 Dec 1957 US Navy photo
Vammen 43k undated postwar image J. Stacy
Vammen 88k undated, looking aft on Vammen,
caption on back reads "Looking for the Torpedo"
J. Stacy

USS VAMMEN DE- 644 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: none
Address: none
Phone: none
E-mail: none


Note About Contacts.

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