&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Ammen_(DD-527)_underway_off_Leyte_in_October_1944.jpg) USS Ammen (DD-527) underway off Leyte, 20–24 October 1944
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | Daniel Ammen |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 29 November 1941 |
| Launched | 17 September 1942 |
| Commissioned | 20 March 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 15 September 1960 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1960 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 20 April 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6500 nm at 15 kn (12,000 km at 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 336 |
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USS Ammen (DD-527), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen (1820–1898).