USS Caperton
Service
- 30 July 1943 — 27 April 1960767 days of the war
- Name
- USS Caperton
- Namesake
- William B. Caperton
- Builder
- Bath Iron Works
- Laid down
- 11 January 1943
- Launched
- 22 May 1943
- Commissioned
- 30 July 1943
- Decommissioned
- 27 April 1960
- Struck
- 1 December 1974
- Fate
- Sunk as a target in the 1980s
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
- Length
- 114.6 m (376 ft)
- Beam
- 11.89 m (39 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Range
- 6,479 nmi (11,999 km)
- Complement
- 319
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
USS Caperton was a Fletcher-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after William B. Caperton. Her keel was laid at Bath Iron Works on 11 January 1943. She entered service on 30 July 1943, having been launched on 22 May 1943.
173 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Gleaves-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer.
She displaced 2,050 long tons. She measured 114.6 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 11.9 m (39 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 319.
Her main battery was ten 40 mm (1.6 in) guns.
She was in commission for 767 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 27 April 1960. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1974.
She was expended as a target. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 60,000 shp (45 MW)
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 5 × 5-inch 38 caliber guns
- 10 × 40 mm AA guns
- 7 × 20 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Abbot (DD-629)
- USS Abner Read (DD-526)
- USS Albert W. Grant
- USS Ammen (DD-527)
- USS Anthony (DD-515)
- USS Aulick (DD-569)
- USS Bache (DD-470)
- USS Beale (DD-471)
- USS Bearss
- USS Bell (DD-587)
- USS Benham (DD-796)
- USS Bennett
- USS Bennion
- USS Black
- USS Boyd
- USS Bradford
- USS Braine
- USS Brown (DD-546)
- USS Brownson (DD-518)
- USS Bryant
- USS Bullard
- USS Burns (DD-588)
- USS Bush (DD-529)
- USS Callaghan (DD-792)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Caperton on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: USN — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-49681 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons