USS Kephart
Service
- as USS Kephart7 January 1944 — 21 June 1946604 days of the war
- as Gyeongbuk1967 — 30 April 1985
- Name
- USS Kephart
- Namesake
- William P. Kephart
- Builder
- Charleston Navy Yard
- Ordered
- 1942
- Launched
- 6 September 1943
- Commissioned
- 7 January 1944
- Decommissioned
- 21 June 1946
- Struck
- 1 May 1967
- Fate
- Transferred to South Korea, 16 May 1967 (1967)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Complement
- 186
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
USS Kephart was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after William P. Kephart. She was built by Charleston Navy Yard. Launched on 6 September 1943, she entered service on 7 January 1944.
98 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Evarts-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Cannon-class destroyer escort.
She displaced 1,400 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 186. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Kephart until 21 June 1946. She was in commission for 604 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 21 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 May 1967.
She was transferred on 16 May 1967.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 boilers, General Electric Turbo-electric drive
- 2 solid manganese-bronze
- 3600 lb 3-bladed propellers
- 8 ft diameter
- 7 ft pitch
- 12,000 hp (8.9 MW)
- 2 rudders
- Armament
- 3 × 3"/50 guns (3×1)
- 4 × 1.1" guns (1×4)
- 8 × 20 mm guns (8×1)
- 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1×3)
- 8 depth charge projectors (8×1)
- 1 Hedgehog depth charge projector
- 2 depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- HMS Bentinck (K314)
- HMS Bligh
- HMS Byron
- HMS Calder (K349)
- HMS Conn
- HMS Cosby
- HMS Dakins
- HMS Duff (K352)
- HMS Ekins
- HMS Fitzroy (K553)
- HMS Halsted (K556)
- HMS Hargood (K582)
- HMS Holmes (K581)
- HMS Hotham (K583)
- HMS Redmill (K554)
- HMS Retalick
- HMS Riou
- HMS Rowley
- HMS Rupert (K561)
- HMS Rutherford
- HMS Seymour (K563)
- HMS Spragge (K572)
- HMS Stockham
- HMS Thornborough
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Kephart on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons