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USS Ahrens (DE 575)

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 Hingham, Hingham MA on 5 November 1943
Launched 21 December 1943, Commissioned 12 February 1944
Decommissioned 24 June 1946, Stricken 1 April 1965

Fate: sold 20 January 1967 and broken up for scrap.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	111k	My Grandfather, Ralph P. Terrill, commissioned renown wildlife artist Gordon Grant in 1945 to do this watercolor of the USS *Ahrens* as a gift to my father (Ralph D. Terrill, Seaman 2nd) upon his return from the Navy.		© Gordon Grant 1945, William D. Terrill

View the USS Ahrens (DE 575), DANFS history entry located on
the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: "Smiley" Burnette
E-mail: Smiley Burnette

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