USS Vammen
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USS Vammen (DE-644) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy.
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USS Vammen (DE-644) off San Francisco's shore, taken 12 March 1957 | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Vammen |
Namesake | Clarence E. Vammen, Jr. |
Ordered | 1942 |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco |
Laid down | 1 August 1943 |
Launched | 21 May 1944 |
Commissioned | 27 July 1944 |
Decommissioned | 18 June 1960 |
In service | 18 June 1960 |
Out of service | 2 October 1961 |
Recommissioned | 2 October 1961 |
Decommissioned | 1 August 1962 |
In service | 1 August 1962 |
Out of service | 12 July 1969 |
Stricken | 12 July 1969 |
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Fate | Sunk as a target, 18 February 1971 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Buckley-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Complement | 15 officers, 198 men |
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