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USS CAPPS (DD-550)

CLASS - FLETCHER As Built.
Displacement 2924 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 5"(oa) x 39' 7" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 1.1" AA, 4 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 15 Knots, Crew 273.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Gulf Shipbuilding, Chickasaw Ala. June 12 1941.
Launched May 31 1942 and commissioned June 23 1943.
Decommissioned January 15 1947.
Stricken October 1 1972.
To Spain May 15 1957, renamed Lepanto (hull# 42, then reclassified as D 21).
Fate Stricken in December 31 1985 and scrapped.
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Capps 42kUndated, location unknown.J. D. Miller
Capps 57kCapps picking up survivors from the sinking LCI(G)-474, capsizing off Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945.Photo by Bob Harker, Engineering Officer, USS LCI (G)-474, submitted by Vaughn Hampton USS LCI(G)-450
On Spanish Service
Capps 125kAs the Spanish Lepanto D-42 in San Diego May 1957.Marc Piché
Capps 42kCirca 1966, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Capps 55kUSS Capps was transferred to Spain directly from the reserve fleet and essentially in her WW II configuration. Subsequently, in the 1960s the Spanish Navy decided to modernize and standardize the electronics suit of its five Fletchers. For Lepanto, as far as radar is concerned, this meant SPS-6 and -10 search radars, a tripod foremast to support their heavier antennas, and a Mk.25 substituted for the older sets previously associated to her Mk.37 gun director. All of these modifications are clearly visible against the evening sky in this January 20, 1980, photo taken at Barcelona, Spain.Fabio Peña
Capps 58kAs the Spanish Destroyer LEPANTO (D-21) taken during her last year of service with the Spanish Navy.Jose M. Budino
USS CAPPS DD-550 History
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