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USS CARPENTER (DD-825 / DDK-825 / DDE-825)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NAYS

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - PIRATE

CLASS - GEARING As Built.
Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel,Orange Texas July 30 1945.
Launched December 28 1945 and commissioned December 15 1949.
Reclassified DDK-825 January 28 1948, reverted to DDE-825 March 4 1950.
Reverted to DD-825 June 30 1962.
Can be seen in the 1980 adventure movie "Raise the Titanic."
Decommissioned February 20 1981.
Stricken August 6 1987.
To Turkey February 20 1981, renamed Anittepe.
Stricken November 1997.
Fate To be broken up for scrap.

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-Donald Marshall Carpenter was born on 6 March 1894 in Hopbottom, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned an ensign in 1916. Designated a naval aviator in 1922, his varying duties included service as executive officer in Stoddert (DD-302) and commanding officer of Scouting Squadron Three. He died at San Diego, California on 3 April 1940.Robert M. Cieri
Carpenter 63kUndated, location unknown.-
Carpenter 124kUndated, location unknown.-
Carpenter 144kUndated, location unknown.-
Carpenter 53kUndated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.Mike Smolinski
Carpenter 98kUndated, location unknown. Photo © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.Robert M. Cieri
Carpenter 102kUndated, location unknown.Robert M. Cieri
Carpenter 57kCirca 1950, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Carpenter 78kImage of the USS O'Bannon (DD-450) and USS Carpenter (DD-825) from ALL HANDS magazine dated April 1960.Stanley Svec
Carpenter 122kMarch 2, 1963 photo of the Carpenter veering away from the USS Constellation (CVA-64) after being refueled.-
Carpenter 35kSubic Bay, May 1966© Richard Leonhardt
Carpenter 162kGearing class conversion which was a test bed for the yet to be built USS Norfolk (DL-1). She is shown with her new modified bridge with both her twin 3"/70 main mount with the Weapon A located in a superfiring position forward.-
Carpenter 32kSydney harbor in 1967Norman G. Bliss, LTJG and MPA
Carpenter 23kSan Francisco December 1973.Marc Piché
Carpenter 79kCirca 1975, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Carpenter 57kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Carpenter 59kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Carpenter 55kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
On Turkish Service
Carpenter 45kAs the TCG ANITTEPE D347Murat Kurtulmus
Carpenter 80kAs Turkish ANITEPE D-347, bow view, arriving Barcelona, May 16, 1990.Marc Piché
Carpenter 79kAs Turkish ANITEPE D-347, bow view at sea at close quarters, Western Med, May 21, 1990.Marc Piché
Carpenter 71kAs Turkish ANITEPE D-347, stern view, Western Med, May 21, 1990.Marc Piché
Carpenter 55kAs Turkish ANITEPE D-347, belching black smoke, Western Med, May 23, 1990.Marc Piché

USS CARPENTER DD-825 / DDK-825 / DDE-825 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The hazegray Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

CDR James Bizzell Grady    Dec 15 1949 - Jun 1951
CDR Edward Francis Baldridge    Jun 1951 - Mar 1953
CDR Royal Knight Joslin    Mar 1953 - Jun 1955
CDR Melvin Earl Bustard    Jun 1955 - Jun 1957
CDR Ian Marshall Laird    Jun 1957 - 1959
CDR Albert Paul Hulten    1959 - 1961
CDR Robert Gronendyke Hutzel    1961 - 1962
CDR Charles Ward Cummings    1962 - 1964 (Later RADM)
LT Robert Burns Cress    1964 - 1965
CDR Glenn Wesley Wineman    1965 - 1966
CDR William Beck Jr.    1966 - 1968
CDR Howard Norman Kay    1968 - Jul 1970
CDR Richard William Blaes    Jul 1970 - Jan 1971
CDR Cornelius T. O'Neill    Jan 1971 - Sep 1973
CDR Donald David Sheppard    Sep 1973 - Oct 1975
CDR Charles W. Jauss    Oct 1975 - Jan 15 1977
CDR Robert Dennis    Jan 15 1977 - Mar 30 1979
CDR Frederick Gilbert Kleyn III    Mar 30 1979 - Feb 20 1981

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: John Presley
Address: 4530 Lobos Ave, San Jose, CA 95111
Phone: (408) 972-5165
E-mail: jjjr@pacbell.net


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Carpenter website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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