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| 58k | Reinhardt John Keppler was born in Ralston, Washington, on 22 January 1918. He was raised in that State and, after graduation from Wapato High School, he enlisted in the US Navy in February 1936 and reenlisted in April 1940. Keppler was promoted to First Class Petty Officer at the beginning of October 1941. During the Second World War, while serving in the heavy cruiser San Francisco, he saw combat action at Pearl Harbor, early wartime raids against Bougainville and New Guinea, and during the Guadalcanal Campaign. When a Japanese bomber crashed into his ship on 12 November 1942, at the beginning of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, he assisted in caring for the resulting casualties. That night, as San Francisco participated in a chaotic battle with enemy warships, he labored valiantly, despite mortal wounds, to save his ship and wounded shipmates. For his "extraordinary heroism and distinguished courage" on these occasions, Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Reinhardt J. Keppler was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Photo #: NH 85186-A. Boatswain's Mate First Class Reinhardt J. Keppler, USN, this image is a retouched version of that seen in Photo #: NH 85185. US Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Bill Gonyo |
USS Keppler (DD-765)
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| 58k | A drawing of the Keppler created by Cüneyt Demir. | Cüneyt Demir |
| 113k | Undated, location unknown. | Glenn Heckard ET2 (USN-RET) |
| 90k | Undated photo taken after her FRAM conversion. | SKC Donald J. Holland, USN (Ret) |
| 131k | Undated, location unknown. | Jim Battenfelder |
| 88k | Undated, the Mediterranean island of Malta. | Jim Battenfelder |
| 130k | Undated, location unknown. | David Buell |
| 228k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 137k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 115k | Undated, helo bringing a Chaplain for Sunday services. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 94k | USS Keppler (DDE-765) tied up to a mooring buoy, location uknown. Photo by Skyfotos from "Jane's Fighting Ships" 1960-61 Edition. | Robert Hurst |
| 146k | Undated, location unknown. From the Howard Hertzog collection. | Bill Gonyo |
| 172k | Undated, location unknown. | Bill Gonyo |
| 133k | Elizabeth Keppler, widow of Reinhardt J. Keppler, USS Keppler's sponsor, June 24 1946. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 247k | Sponsor group at the Keppler launching, June 24 1946. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 197k | Mrs. Anglin breaks the champagne on Keppler's bow, June 24 1946. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 95k | Keppler headed down the ways, June 24 1946. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 215k | The USS Valley Forge (CV-45) along with the USS William C. Lawe (DD-763), USS William M. Wood (DD-715), USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764) and the USS Keppler (DD-765) during their 1948 World Cruise at Pearl Harbor. | Bob Bush/ |
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765k | USS Keppler (DD-765) in the Carquinez Strait south of Vallejo. She may have offloaded her ammunition at Port Chicago prior to her conversion to DDE configuration at Hunters Point, San Francisco in early 1949. The photos were taken from the Carquinez Bridge which crosses the straits south of Vallejo. In this view she is heading west in the Carquinez Straits (Sacramento River) from Sacramento River Delta (Port Chicago) towards San Pablo Bay and on to San Francisco Bay & Hunters Point.
Photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
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893k | As above. In this view Keppler is heading west after going under the Carquinez Bridge. The TS Golden Bear [ex-USS Mellena (AKA 32)} is to the right of Keppler. Vallejo & Mare Island are in the upper right hand corner of the photo.
Photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
| 52k | Circa 1953, location unknown. | Robert Hurst |
| 188k | September 3 1953, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 76k | L-R, USS Keppler (DDE-765), USS Fred T. Berry (DDE-858), USS Norris (DDE-859), USS McCaffery (DDE-860) and USS Harwood (DDE-861 of DesRon 6 steaming through the Caribbean in June 1956. | Robert Hurst |
| 76k | Scenes from the USS Lloyd Thomas Cruisebook from Jan-Mar 1957. From the collection of Robert Frampton, CAPT (SC), USN (Ret.). In this photo are the USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764), USS Keppler (DD-765) and the USS Harwood (DD-861). | Robert Hall |
| 237k | 1958, Chaplain Hitchens baptizes son of BT2 Roy Hollinger from Keppler's ships bell with the Keppler in the background. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 173k | USS Barry (DD-933) and USS Keppler (DD-765) in Barcelona, circa the early 1960s. | Jim Buttleman |
| 156k | December 16 1961, location unknown. Photo by PH3 Lapin. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 168k | December 16 1961, location unknown. Photo by PH3 Lapin. | Ed Zajkowski |
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166k | Spectators aboard Keppler (DD-765) (viewed from the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.) watch the fourth race of the 1962 America's Cup off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island. Photo by Robert Knudsen.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, accession number KN-C24105 | Bob Canchola |
| 234k | Newport, RI in 1963. L to R - Ed Zajkowski, Gene Callaghan, Ralph Cuomo. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 168k | USS Keppler (DD-765) in drydock from 4 to 21 June 1963 at the Boston Navy Yard. Note the Draft Mark which shows that the bottom of the sonar dome is 21 1/2 below the top of the boot topping. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 191k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 166k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 148k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 213k | As above. Note that that is Ed standing on the scaffolding. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 144k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 148k | August 10 1963, Port Royal Bay, Bermuda. Keppler along with the USS Warrington (DD-843), USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823) and USS Stribling (DD-867). Photo by PHC Warren Jackman. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 155k | August 10 1963, Port Royal Bay, Bermuda. Keppler along with the USS Warrington (DD-843) and USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823). Photo by PHC Warren Jackman. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 243k | USS Keppler (DD-765) rigging "MED lights" in Key West, FL, December 1963. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 204k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 105k | Three views of the DASH Crew and operations from the mid 1960's. From the collection of Jim Battenfelder. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 74k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 76k | As above. Note the "GIVE 'EM HELL" slogan on the flight deck. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 80k | USS Keppler (DD-765) underway in 1965, location unknown. United States Navy. | Robert Hurst |
| 96k | Entering Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, June 24 1965. Photo by PH1 R. E. Carroll. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 122k | September 1965, making our way thru Hurricane Betsy. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 91k | Newport, RI September 1966. | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 73k | Newport, RI October 1966. | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 162k | 1st Division Liberty Party December 1966 Sasebo, Japan. | Andy Prydybasz |
| 135k | Trading fire with the enemy on Operation Sea Dragon off the coast of North Vietnam during 1967. Photo by JOC R. D. Moeser. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 153k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 183k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
Alongside the USS St. Paul (CA-73) in early 1967 off the coast of Vietnam. Converted from Anthony's home movies, sorry the resolution is not better. | Anthony Parrelli |
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182k | February 12-14 1967, Keppler dry docked at Subic Bay for a rudder repair. | Andy Prydybasz |
| 141k | The DASH controller Station with silhouettes of the nineteen (19) Jolly Green Search and Rescue helicopters that the Keppler/DASH team refueled during the cruise. Most of these SAR helicopter refuels occurred while the Keppler was part of Sea Dragon operations. We were close enough off the coast of North Vietnam that it was easy for them to join up with us to top them off with some JP-5. Many of the refuels occurred at night. The Keppler JP-5 fuel was tested before every helicopter refueling to ensure we weren't passing any JP-5 with salt water in it. | Andy Prydybasz |
| 82k | An indirect fire mission while Keppler was assigned to Sea Dragon operations. Keppler was part of Sea Dragon Ops 3-16 December 1966; 17-30 January 1967; and 1 -11 March 1967. Mt 51 took a counter battery hit on 11 march 1967, There were six crewmen wounded. Fortunately no one was killed. | Andy Prydybasz |
| 168k | Winners of the beard growing contest. Late in 1966-1967 deployment. | Andy Prydybasz |
| 215k | Concert on DASH Deck. Sometime prior to March 1967. | Andy Prydybasz |
| 161k | Crossing the Equator, Shellback initiation 29 March 1967. | Andy Prydybasz |
| 202k | May 8 1967, returning to Newport after 4 months in Vietnam. Photo by PH1 Donald C. Grant. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 210k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 166k | As above. Mrs. Dwight W. Wadsworth, wife of CO, boards Keppler in Newport upon ships return from Vietnam. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 158k | As above. Photo by PH3 Carl E. Gray. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 185k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 187k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 191k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 160k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 207k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 221k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 189k | New York Harbor in April 1969 with the USS Willard Keith (DD-775) inboard,. Photo by Tim Rizzuto, current curator of USS Slater in Albany, NY. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 187k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 170k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 171k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 103k | As above. Note the CPO's temporary TV antenna by the hatch. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 149k | New York Harbor in April 1969 inside the pilot house. Photo by Tim Rizzuto, current curator of USS Slater in Albany, NY. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 194k | Christmas time 1969 at Newport RI, (L to R) Keppler, Lloyd Thomas, Garcia and Courtney. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 182k | April 27 1970 in the Pacific Ocean. Photo by PH3 J. B. Land. | Ed Zajkowski |
Welcome Aboard pamphlet - circa 1973 | Wolfgang Hechler |
| 40k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 38k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 33k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 37k | One of her Squadron patches. | Dave Cupples |
 TCG Tinaztepe (D 355)
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| 40k | Undated, location unknown. | Murat Kurtulmus |
| 78k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 32k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 84k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 229k | Undated, location unknown. USS Keppler (Turkish 355) and USS Forrest Royal (Turkish 353). | Cüneyt Demir |
| 221k | Undated, location unknown. | Cüneyt Demir |
| 214k | Undated, location unknown. Damage Control Team practice. | Cüneyt Demir |
| 168k | Undated, location unknown. One of the first official images on Turkish service. | Cüneyt Demir |
| 80k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 147k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
Commissioning June 30 1972 | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 145k | Transiting the Panama Canal in 1972 on the way to Turkey. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 271k | June 1979, Mediterranean Sea, NATO exercise with the Turrkish Tinaztepe (D-355) former USS Keppler (DD-765); the British frigate HMS Charybdis (F-75); the Italian frigate Carabiniere (F-581) and the USS Brumby (FF-1044). | Ed Zajkowski |
| 58k | A drawing of the Keppler on Turkish service created by Cüneyt Demir. She collided with the tanker Aygaz on May 2 1984 during heavy fog and the four pennants are in honor of those crewmembers lost during the collision. | Cüneyt Demir |
Hull damge from the collision with the tanker Aygaz on May 2 1984. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 66k | Ship's patch/plaque. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
