USS Ahrens (DE-575)

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Hedgehog_anti-submarine_mortar
2 × depth charge tracks
8 × depth charge projectors
8 × 20 mm AA guns
3 × 3 in guns
3 × 21 in torpedo tubes
4 × 1.1 in guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
1 battle star
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 10 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bethlehem_Hingham_Shipyard
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Hingham,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:commissioned 12 March 1944
gptkbp:crewComplement 213
gptkbp:decommissioned 24 June 1946
gptkbp:displacement 1,400 tons
gptkbp:draught 9 ft 5 in
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Ahrens (DE-575)
gptkbp:launched 21 January 1944
gptkbp:length 306 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter Edward H. Ahrens
gptkbp:notableEvent Rescued survivors of USS Block Island (CVE-21) and USS Barr (DE-576) in May 1944
gptkbp:propulsion Turbo-electric drive
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:soldForScrap 14 November 1973
gptkbp:speed 23 knots
gptkbp:struckFromNavalRegister 1 July 1972
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7