Allied Warships

USS Charles Ausburne (DD 570)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassFletcher 
PennantDD 570 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered9 Sep 1940 
Laid down14 May 1941 
Launched16 Mar 1942 
Commissioned24 Nov 1942 
End service18 Apr 1946 
History

Decommissioned 18 April 1946.
Charles Ausburne (DD 570), was tranferred to the Federal German Navy on 12 April 1960, under the U.S Military Assistance Program, she was renamed Z-6. Also handed over were five of her sister ships. Anthony (DD 515) Ringgold (DD 500) Wadsworth (DD516) Claxton (DD 571) Dyson (DD 572).
Z-6 was stricken in October 1968 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Charles Ausburne (DD 570)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Luther Kendrick Reynolds, USN24 Nov 19423 Jun 1944
2Howard Weldie Baker, USN3 Jun 1944

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Notable events involving Charles Ausburne include:


24 Jan 1943
USS R-12 (Lt.Cdr. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises off Guantanamo Bay together with USS Claxton (Cdr. H.F. Stout, USN), USS Charles Ausburne (Lt.Cdr.L.K. Reynolds, USN) and USS Stanly (Cdr. R.W. Cavenagh, USN).

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Destroyers of World War Two
Whitley, M. J.


U.S. Destroyers
Friedman, Norman


United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.
Roscoe, Theodore


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