USS Capps (DD-550)
Lepanto (D21), former USS Capps (DD-550) |
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| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Capps |
| Namesake: | Washington L. Capps |
| Builder: | Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama |
| Laid down: | 12 June 1941 |
| Launched: | 31 May 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 23 June 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 January 1947 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1972 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Spain, 15 May 1957 |
| Career (Spain) | |
| Name: | Lepanto |
| Namesake: | Battle of Lepanto |
| Acquired: | 15 May 1957 |
| Struck: | 31 December 1985 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
| Propulsion: | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,500 nautical miles at 15 kt (12,000 km at 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 273 |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns, 10 × 40 mm AA guns, 7 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in. torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Capps (DD-550), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps (1864–1935).
Capps was launched 31 May 1942 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala., sponsored by Mrs. C. G. Stokes; commissioned 23 June 1943, Lieutenant Commander B. E. S. Trippensee in command; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.
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