USS Capps
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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).
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USS Capps (DD-550) in September 1945 | |
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United States | |
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 |
Stricken | 1 October 1972 |
Fate | Transferred to Spain, 15 May 1957 |
Spain | |
Name | Lepanto |
Namesake | Battle of Lepanto |
Acquired | 15 May 1957 |
Stricken | 31 December 1985 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
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 |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 273 |
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Capps was launched 31 May 1942 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala., sponsored by Mrs. C. G. Stokes; commissioned 23 June 1943 and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.