Allied Warships

USS Ammen (DD 527)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 527
Built by	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Sep 1940
Laid down	29 Nov 1941
Launched	17 Sep 1942
Commissioned	20 Mar 1943
End service	15 Nov 1960
History	Decommissioned 15 April 1946. Recommissioned 5 April 1951. Collided with USS Collett (DD 730) on 19 July 1960 while enroute to San Diego for decommissioning, 11 of Ammen's crew were killed in this accident. Decommissioned 15 September 15 1960. Stricken 1 October 1960. Sold 21 March 1964 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Ammen (DD 527)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. John Cheshire Daniel, USN	12 Mar 1943	22 Apr 1943
2	T/Cdr. Henry Williams, Jr., USN	22 Apr 1943	11 May 1944
3	T/Cdr. James Harvey Brown, Jr., USN	11 May 1944	14 Jun 1945
4	George Van Rogers, USN	14 Jun 1945	15 Apr 1946

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Notable events involving Ammen include:

1 Nov 1944
On 1 November 1944 a Japanese "Frances" twin-engine bomber crashed into USS Ammen in Leyte Gulf, Philippines in position 10°40'N, 125°20'E, resulting in 24 men wounded and five dead.