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DE- 207 / APD -61 USS KEPHART

CLASS: Buckley TYPE: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Charleston NSY on 12 May 1943
Launched 6 September 1943, Commissioned 7 January 1944
Reclassified and converted to APD-61, 5 July 1944
Decommissioned 21 June 1946, Stricken 1 May 1967

Fate: to South Korea 23 July 1967, renamed Kyong Puk (PF-85)
stricken 30 April 1985 and scrapped

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Kephart 160k undated USN / Cal Shugart
Kephart 6k undated USN

USS KEPHART DE- 207 / APD -61 History
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Reunion Information
Place: Crowne Plaza Hotel / Harrisburg PA
Date: September 25-28, 2003
Contact: Bill Griggs
Address: 22 Mt. Vernon Way / Whippany NJ 07981
Phone: (973) 887-2896
E-mail: bgchops@earthlink.net

Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, KEPHART

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