USS Charles Ausburne

Survived

Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × 5″ guns

Captain Arleigh Burke's flagship at Empress Augusta Bay and Cape St. George. Sold to West Germany in 1960 as Zerstörer 6.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570) underway in the vicinity of the Solomon Islands on 23 March 1944. Note crewmen standing at quarters on the destroyer's main deck and superstructure. The photo was taken from the light cruiser USS Montpelier (CL-57). Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × single Mk 12 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns
7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 × single depth charge throwers
2 × depth charge racks

Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	14 May 1941
Launched	16 March 1942
Commissioned	24 November 1942
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,080 t)
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	329

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

16 March 1942

Battle of Empress Augusta Bay

Survived

1–2 November 1943

Burke's flagship

Battle of Cape St. George

Survived

25–26 November 1943

Burke's flagship