English: The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Ahrens (DE-575) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 13 May 1944, seen from the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9). Note the High Frequency Direction Finder (HF/DF) antenna mounted on Ahrens's foremast peak. 16 days after this photograph was taken, on 29 May 1944, Ahrens and USS Eugene E. Elmore (DE-686) sank the German submarine U-549 northwest of the Canary Islands.
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{{Information |Description = USS ''Ahrens'' (DE-575) in the Atlantic Ocean. |Source = [http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/575.htm Navsource.org] |Date = 13 May 1944 |Author = F.B. Larrack of USS ''Bogue'' (CVE-9), US Nav
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