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USS Keppler (DD-765)

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continued hunter-killer exercises along the East Coast and Caribbean. She sailed on 8 September 1964 for Mediterranean deployment and engaged in NATO exercises en route. The destroyer returned home on 18 December.
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Exercise "Grandslam," in which ships of several nations operated together in practice maneuvers. The anti-submarine destroyer returned to Newport on 26 March and resumed operations along the Atlantic Coast.
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gulf; in this accident, four sailors of Tınaztepe died. After the accident, the destroyer could not be repaired and she was decommissioned on 31 October 1984. Subsequently she was scrapped.
722:" helping to interrupt infiltration of men and weapons into South Vietnam from the North. On the night of 11–12 December she rescued a downed pilot. Early in 1967 she returned to " 2905: 638:(FRAM) II overhaul designed to increase her service and effectiveness. Following the overhaul she returned Newport on 25 October and resumed anti-submarine duty on 8 March 1962. 2895: 2890: 2885: 909: 30: 734:
frequently engaged batteries ashore, and 11 March a Communist gun scored a hit on one of the destroyer's gun mounts. She remained in the fight until returning to
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From 1958 to 1961 the anti-submarine destroyer engaged in concentrated ASW operations along the Atlantic coast and Caribbean NATO exercises, a
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sailed on 4 June for a summer midshipmen cruise to Europe, returning to Newport on 30 August. She was reclassified
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on 17 November. For the next three months she screened her task group during continued carrier air strikes against
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on 2 November and observed her for the next seven days. On 9 November the submarine joined a Russian trawler, and
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waters for a training and good will cruise. Before returning Newport on 18 March, she visited ports in
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was deployed to the Mediterranean on 12 August. During September she transited the Suez Canal to the
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cleared Newport once again on 9 January 1952 to participate in anti-submarine exercises with the
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sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth L. Keppler, widow of BM1c Keppler; and commissioned on 23 May 1947.
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operated out of Newport until sailing for the Far East on 4 October 1966. Steaming via the
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cleared Newport on 22 October to take her station in the blockade during the
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in addition to NATO operations and Mediterranean cruises with the 6th Fleet.
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continued her surveillance until the Russian ships turned back toward the
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for conversion to antisubmarine destroyer. Resuming operations on the
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cruise in 1959, and a 6th Fleet deployment in the summer of 1960.
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Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Turkish Navy
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operating with other NATO ships in the Mediterranean Sea, 1979.
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on 9 June, she departed San Diego on 5 October for duty in the
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was purchased by the Republic of China Navy for spare parts)
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on 27 July, the anti-submarine destroyer was ordered to the
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on the 23rd. Three days later she headed homeward via the
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in mid-August. For the next two months she patrolled the
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before returning San Diego on 20 May 1948. Early in 1949
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on 4 March 1950 and cleared Newport on 5 July for the
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were purchased by the Hellenic Navy for spare parts)
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were purchased by the Iranian Navy for spare parts)
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She was named for Boatswain's Mate First Class 773:was decommissioned on 1 July 1972 and sold to 365:(1918–1942), who was posthumously awarded the 903: 8: 2906:Gearing-class destroyers of the Turkish Navy 2850:List of destroyers of the United States Navy 408:on 9 October 1947 for training exercises in 2896:Vietnam War destroyers of the United States 841:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 2891:Korean War destroyers of the United States 2627: 1729: 929: 910: 896: 888: 447:(ASW) exercises along the Atlantic Coast. 606:United Arab Republic conflict with Jordan 2886:Cold War destroyers of the United States 835:This article incorporates text from the 19:For other ships with the same name, see 809: 369:for "extraordinary heroism" during the 636:Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization 400:After shakedown along the West Coast, 25: 412:waters. The destroyer then sailed to 243:390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) 159: 42: 7: 883:Video of USS Keppler taken 1952-1955 878:Video of USS Keppler taken 1955-1957 612:returned to Newport on 21 December. 568:On 4 January 1957 she sailed toward 698:on 24 October and pushed on toward 251:41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) 259:18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) 82:Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation 14: 2615: 2525: 2409: 2349: 2235: 2203: 2087: 2054: 1837: 1783: 1741: 828: 379:was launched on 24 June 1946 by 160: 44: 29: 844:. The entries can be found 235:2,425 long tons (2,464 t) 1: 2876:Ships built in San Francisco 549:. This cruise culminated in 702:a week later. She departed 381:Bethlehem Steel Corporation 371:Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 271:(65 km/h; 40 mph) 2922: 869:at NavSource Naval History 718:, and she also served in " 18: 2845: 2819: 1728: 1717:DD-891 – DD-926 (Unnamed) 1690:DD-809 – DD-814 (Unnamed) 928: 385:San Francisco, California 383:, Shipbuilding Division, 210: 37: 28: 632:New York Naval Shipyard 426:San Francisco Navy Yard 323:2 × depth charge tracks 211:General characteristics 16:Gearing-class destroyer 2243:Republic of Korea Navy 2071:Presidente Eloy Alfaro 1845:Republic of China Navy 767: 682:Following overhaul in 634:on 1 March 1961 for a 483:Korea, 1950–1951 445:anti-submarine warfare 2211:Imperial Iranian Navy 1368:Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. 761: 730:. During this period 684:Boston Naval Shipyard 674:During 1963 and 1964 487:After transiting the 453:Newport, Rhode Island 406:San Diego, California 125:DDE-765, 4 March 1950 2690:Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak 990:Theodore E. Chandler 800:for Korean service. 720:Operation Sea Dragon 654:Cuban Missile Crisis 646:during that period. 363:Reinhardt J. Keppler 72:Reinhardt J. Keppler 1964:Richard B. Anderson 1650:Woodrow R. Thompson 1270:George K. MacKenzie 1074:Richard B. Anderson 706:on 14 November for 768: 557:From 1952 to 1957 475:on the eve of the 351:United States Navy 291:5"/38 caliber guns 2858: 2857: 2815: 2814: 2811: 2810: 2543: 2452:Harold J. Ellison 2427: 2367: 2278:Everett F. Larson 2253: 2220:Kenneth D. Bailey 1916:Herbert J. Thomas 1855: 1801: 1759: 1724: 1723: 1438:Harold J. Ellison 1249:Herbert J. Thomas 1228:Everett F. Larson 1179:Samuel B. Roberts 1130:Dennis J. Buckley 962:Kenneth D. Bailey 922:-class destroyers 526:then steamed for 518:positions on the 491:and crossing the 465:Mediterranean Sea 441:Norfolk, Virginia 329: 328: 2913: 2671:Robert H. McCard 2628: 2621: 2619: 2618: 2556:Eugene A. Greene 2536: 2531: 2529: 2528: 2420: 2415: 2413: 2412: 2360: 2355: 2353: 2352: 2302:Richard E. 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USS Keppler
USS Keppler (DD-765) in Roosevelt Roads 1965
Reinhardt J. Keppler
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
San Francisco
California
battle stars
Turkey
Turkish Navy Ensign
Tınaztepe
Gearing-class
destroyer
knots
5"/38 caliber guns
40 mm AA guns
20 mm AA guns
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
depth charge
Gearing-class
destroyer
United States Navy
Korean War
Vietnam War
Reinhardt J. Keppler
Medal of Honor
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
San Francisco, California
San Diego, California

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