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	90k 171k	Born in 1850 in Spring Hill, Tenn., William B. Caperton graduated from the Naval Academy in 1875. He held major posts ashore and afloat, chief of which were commanding the naval forces intervening in Haiti (1915-16) and Santo Domingo (1916), and Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, from 28 July 1916 to 30 April 1919. He served actively until 12 November 1921, and died in Newport, R.I., 12 December 1941. First photo digital ID: hec 17342, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Second photo courtesy of the Arlington National Cemetery.		Bill Gonyo
	132k	Undated, location unknown.		Brent W. Lundgren
	51k	Undated, in the Panama Canal.		Gust Meraklis
	66k	Photo #: NH 55050. USS Caperton (DD-650) on 15 August 1943 at Boston Navy Yard. This image has been retouched by wartime censors to remove radar antennas atop her Mark 37 gun director and foremast. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Tracy White
	105k	USS Caperton (DD-650) on 15 August 1943 at Boston Navy Yard upon completion a couple of weeks after her delivery by Bath Iron Works and commissioning o 30 July. She was completed with three Mk 49 directors controlling the aft three twin 40-mm mounts and two Mk 51 directors in the bridge wings controlling the two forward twin 40-mm mounts. Official USN Photo from the BuShips photo files at NARA (19-N-).		Rick E. Davis
	65k	February 5, 1944, USS Indiana BB-58 anchored at Majuro Atoll after the collision with USS Washington (BB-56). With the Destroyer USS Caperton (DD-650). Taken from the Escort Carrier USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62).		Fred Weiss
	121k	Pulling alongside the USS Yorktown in September 1953.		Gust Meraklis
	102k	Laying a smoke screen during Atlantic Fleet maneuvers in 1956.		Gust Meraklis
	30k	Circa 1956, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	147k	Philadelphia Reserve basin, early 1970's.		Ed Zajkowski
	96k	Philadelphia Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility 30 July 1974, (L-R) USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), USS Caperton (DD-650), Gatling (DD-671), USS Miller (DD-535), USS Hazelwood (DD-531) and USS Cassin Young (DD-793).		Robert Hurst
	144k	Philadelphia Navy Yard, July 13 1978.		Ed Zajkowski
	53k	Ship's patch.		Don McGrogan, BMCS, USN (Ret.)
	60k	Ship's patch.		Don McGrogan, BMCS, USN (Ret.)
	22k	Ship's patch.		Don McGrogan, BMCS, USN (Ret.)

CDR Wallace Joseph Miller    Jul 30 1943 - 1944 (Later RADM)
CDR James Rohrer McCormick    1943 - 1944
CDR Willard Arthur Saunders    1944 - 1945
CDR George Kennedy Carmichael    1945 - Jul 7 1946 (Later RADM)
(Decommissioned Jul 7 1946 - Apr 6 1951)
CDR George Mason Hawes    Apr 6 1951 - 1952
CDR Edward Anthony Sandor    1952 - ?
CDR Arthur Parris    1954 - ?
CDR James Bradford McCormick    1956 - 1958
CDR William Jefferson McVey    ? 1958 - Apr 27 1960