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U.S.S. CAPERTON
(DD-650)Click to view crew list
DD-650 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| JAN | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 11 JAN 1943 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
| MAY | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 22 MAY 1943 | ||
| JUL | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 30 JUL 1943 | ||
| JAN | 1952 | - | JAN | 1953 | Inchon Landing |
| OCT | 1955 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 OCT 1955 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1957 | - | JUL | 1957 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1960 | - | Decommissioned: 27 APR 1960 | ||
DD-650 General Specifications
Class: Fletcher class destroyer
Named for: William B. Caperton
Complement: 319 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 2050 tons
Length: 376 feet 6 inches
Beam: 39 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 35 knots
Range: 6500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sunk as a target in the 1980s