USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570)
USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570) in the vicinity of the Solomon Islands, 23 March 1944
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570) |
| Namesake: | Charles Ausburne |
| Builder: | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down: | 14 May 1941 |
| Launched: | 16 March 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 24 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 April 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1967 |
| Honors and awards: |
Presidential Unit Citation, 11 Battle Stars |
| Fate: | transferred to West German Navy, 12 April 1960 |
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 West Germany
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| Name: | Zerstörer 6 (D180) |
| Acquired: | 12 April 1960 |
| Struck: | October 1968 |
| Fate: | scrapped |
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| Class and type: | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
| Propulsion: | 60,000 shp (45 MW) ; 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 329 |
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USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charles L. Ausburne, a sailor in World War I who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
Charles Ausburne was launched 16 March 1942 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Tex.; sponsored by Mrs. W. H. Cotten; and commissioned 24 November 1942, Lieutenant Commander L. K. Reynolds in command.
Charles Ausburne's first mission which took place between 1 April and 8 May 1943 was to escort a convoy from New York to Casablanca, returning with another. At Boston on 11 May, she joined Destroyer Squadron 23 upon its activation, and was assigned as flagship for Destroyer Division 45.
Sailing to the Pacific she arrived at Nouméa, New Caledonia, 28 June 1943 to begin a summer of patrol and escort duties supporting the conquest of Guadalcanal, guarding convoys to that island, and between such ports as Efate and Espiritu Santo. From 27 August, she was based at Port Purvis, where she was part of a striking force designed to interrupt the passage of the "Tokyo Express", the nightly runs of Japanese destroyers evacuating troops from the Solomons to Bougainville and New Britain. Her first patrol "up the Slot" on the night of 27–28 August, was uneventful, and her first contact with the enemy came on 7 September, when her group came under enemy air attack. During this time, she guarded the movement of transports and LSTs redeploying men in the Solomons, and took part in experiments with night fighters.
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