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U.S.S. VAMMEN

(DE-644)

PARATUS - PROTECERE - DESTRUERE

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DE-644 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1943-Keel Date: 1 AUG 1943
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy MA
MAY1944-Launch Date: 21 MAY 1944
JUL1944-Commissioned: 27 JUL 1944
JUN1960-Decommissioned: 18 JUN 1960
FEB1962-JUL1962West Pac

DE-644 General Specifications

Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort

Named for: Clarence E. Vammen

Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted

Displacement: 1400 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Flank Speed: 23 knots

Final Disposition: Sunk as a target 18 February 1971