USS Keppler (DD-765)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
11 × 20 mm AA guns
12 × 40 mm AA guns
2 × depth charge tracks
6 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
6 × depth charge projectors
gptkbp:awards 2 battle stars for Korean War
2 battle stars for Vietnam War
gptkbp:beam 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bethlehem_Steel_Company
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 23 May 1947
gptkbp:complement 336 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 1 July 1972
gptkbp:displacement 2,616 tons (standard)
3,460 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)
gptkbp:fate sold to Turkey for spare parts
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Keppler (DD-765)
gptkbp:hullNumber DD-765
gptkbp:laidDown 4 April 1944
gptkbp:launched 24 June 1946
gptkbp:length 390 ft 6 in (119.01 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter Rear Admiral Augustus Louis Kautz Keppler
gptkbp:propulsion 2 geared steam turbines
4 boilers
gptkbp:range 4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped
gptkbp:struck 1 July 1972
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode DD-765
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Defoe_Shipbuilding_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6