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U.S.S. EPPERSON
(DD-719)E MAKAALA E NA MOKULUU
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DD-719 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUN | 1945 | - | Keel Date: 20 JUN 1945 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Kearny NJ | ||
| DEC | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 22 DEC 1945 | ||
| MAR | 1949 | - | Commissioned: 19 MAR 1949 | ||
| JAN | 1962 | - | APR | 1963 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| FEB | 1962 | - | AUG | 1962 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1963 | - | FEB | 1963 | Project Mercury Recovery Force |
| OCT | 1964 | - | APR | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| OCT | 1965 | - | DEC | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1966 | - | OCT | 1966 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1968 | ship shelled by Vietnam women gunners |
| SEP | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 17 SEP 1966 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | ship shelled by women gunners |
| SEP | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 17 SEP 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1968 | - | JUL | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| FEB | 1968 | - | JUL | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAR | 1970 | - | MAR | 1970 | Reserve Training Cruise. Seattle Washington |
| APR | 1970 | - | DEC | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAY | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 MAY 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1970 | - | DEC | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| AUG | 1971 | - | FEB | 1972 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1971 | - | FEB | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| AUG | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 AUG 1971 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| NOV | 1972 | - | APR | 1973 | West Pac |
| FEB | 1973 | - | APR | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1975 | - | NOV | 1975 | Decommisioning |
DD-719 General Specifications
Class: Gearing-class destroyer
Named for: Harold G. Epperson
Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 3460 tons
Length: 390 feet 6 inches
Beam: 40 feet 10 inches
Flank Speed: 35 knots
Range: 4 500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Transferred to Pakistan 29 April 1977
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