USS "Ludlow" (DD-438), a "Gleaves"-class destroyer , was the third ship of the United States Navy to bear the name. The second and third "Ludlow" ships were named for Lieutenant Augustus C. Ludlow, second in command of USS "Chesapeake" . He was, like his captain, mortally wounded in their ship's engagement with HMS "Shannon" on 1 June 1813, and died at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 13 June.
Ludlow destroyer was apart of numerous military branches.