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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Gearing Class Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid April 23 1944 - Launched June 24 1946<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS KEPPLER DD-765'''<br/>
Commissioned May 23 1947<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS KEPPLER DDE-765'''<br/>
Reclassified Escort Destroyer (DDE) March 4 1950<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS KEPPLER DD-765'''<br/>
Reverted to Destroyer (DD) June 30 1962<br/>
Decommissioned July 1 1972<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register July 1 1972<br/><br/>
<li>'''TCG TINAZTEPE D-355''' (Turkish Naval Service)<br/>
Sold to Turkey July 1 1972<br/><br/>
Stricken by Turkey 1982 and broken up
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[[Image:KEPPLER DD PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should
be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[USS KEPPLER DD-765_Covers_Page_1 |Keppler Covers Page 1]]    (1947-67)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks
should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark
has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest
known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>1st Post Office Period May 8 1947 to April 9 1951</h4>




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Locy Type<br/>FDPS 2t(nu)
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1947-06-19
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Keppler_DD765_19470619_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Keppler_DD765_19470619_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DD-765<br/>
First Day of Postal Service.




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Locy Type<br/>2t(nu)
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1950-11-29
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[[Image:JonBurdett keppler dd765 19501129 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett keppler dd765 19501129.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DDE-765<br/>
Using "DD" device





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<h4>2nd Post Office Period July 1 1953 to June 13 1972</h4>




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Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
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1967-07-07
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[[Image:JonBurdett keppler dd765 19670707 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett keppler dd765 19670707.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DD-765




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Locy Type<br/>2r
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1953-09-03
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Keppler_DDE765_19530903_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Keppler_DDE765_19530903_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DDE-765




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Locy Type<br/>9efu
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1955-08-23
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[[Image:JonBurdett keppler dde765 19550823 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett keppler dde765 19550823.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DDE-765


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
KEPPLER earned 2 Battle Stars for Korea service<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Boatswain's Mate First Class Reinhardt J. Keppler (January 22 1918 - November 13 1942)<br/>
Keppler was assigned to [[SAN FRANCISCO CA 38|USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38]], and was aboard during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor Heroes|Pearl Harbor December 7 1941]]. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.<br/><br/>
Previously, the destroyer escorts DE-311 and DE-375 had been assigned the name "Keppler", but both were cancelled before construction began.



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