USS Amick

USS Amick was a Cannon-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Eugene Earle Amick. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey laid her keel on 7 January 1943. She entered service on 26 July 1943, having been launched on 27 May 1943.

She was one of 79 ships of her class. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 1,240 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 216. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Amick (DE-168) until September 1976. She then passed to the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving as JDS Asahi (DE-262) from 14 June 1955. She was in commission for 769 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 16 May 1947. She was struck from the register on 15 June 1975.

She was broken up for scrap in 1989.

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