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DE- 207 / APD -61 USS KEPHART

CLASS - Buckley
Displacement 1,400 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 37' x 13' 6" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 4 x 1.1" AA, 8 x 20 mmAA, 3 x 21"TT (1x3) 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; G. E. Turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Range 6,000 NM @ 12 Knts. Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Charleston Navy Yard on May 12 1943.
Launched September 6 1943.
Commissioned January 7 1944.
Reclassified and converted to APD -61, July 5 1944.
Decommissioned 21 June 1946.
Stricken May 1 1967.
Fate To South Korea July 23 1967.
Renamed Kyong Puk.
Stricken April 30 1985 and broken up for scrap.

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Kephart 160k Undated. USN / Cal Shugart
Kephart 6k Undated. USN

USS KEPHART DE- 207 / APD -61 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

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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