KEPPLER DD 765

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

USS KEPPLER DD-765
Commissioned May 23 1947
USS KEPPLER DDE-765
Reclassified Escort Destroyer (DDE) March 4 1950
USS KEPPLER DD-765
Reverted to Destroyer (DD) June 30 1962
Decommissioned July 1 1972

Struck from Naval Register July 1 1972
TCG TINAZTEPE D-355 (Turkish Naval Service)
Sold to Turkey July 1 1972

Stricken by Turkey 1982 and broken up

Naval Covers

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Keppler Covers Page 1 (1947-67)

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

1st Post Office Period May 8 1947 to April 9 1951

Locy Type
FDPS 2t(nu)

1947-06-19

As DD-765
First Day of Postal Service.

Locy Type
2t(nu)

1950-11-29

As DDE-765
Using "DD" device

2nd Post Office Period July 1 1953 to June 13 1972

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)

1967-07-07

As DD-765

Locy Type
2r

1953-09-03

As DDE-765

Locy Type
9efu

1955-08-23

As DDE-765

Other Information

KEPPLER earned 2 Battle Stars for Korea service

NAMESAKE - Boatswain's Mate First Class Reinhardt J. Keppler (January 22 1918 - November 13 1942)
Keppler was assigned to USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38, and was aboard during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7 1941. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

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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