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DD-550 Capps
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | Gulf Shipbuilding Co., Chickasaw, Ala. | 1942/05/31 | 1943/06/23 | 1957/05/17
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| Namesake: Adm Washington Lee Capps, USN (*1864/01/31, +1935/05/31) - naval constructor - Chief BuConstr&Repairs 1903 | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 42: Ms 22, 43: Ms 32/6d, 44: Ms 22 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/01/0? | joinPac - Panama Canal | ||||
| 44/01/0? | 44/01/20 | escort troop convoy from Panama to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/01/2? | 44/02 | escort convoy from P.H. to Funafuti | 66 | ||
| 44/02 | boiler failure | 66 | |||
| 44/03/ | 44/04 | San Francisco - boiler repairs | 66 | ||
| 44/04/23 | 44/05 | Majuro - escort, ASW, AA duty | 66 | ||
| 44/05 | convoy duty to P.H. | 66 | |||
| 44/06/14 | 44/08 | Forage | 50 | 66 | |
| 44/08/15 | Eniwetok | 88 | |||
| 44/08/26 | 44/10/14 | Stale2 | 30.8 | 66 | |
| 44/10/14 | 44/11/22 | King2 | 30.8 | 66 | |
| 44/11/22 | 44/11/27 | King2 | 38 | 66 | |
| 44/12/11 | 44/12/24 | Love3 | 38 | land Mindoro | 66 |
| 44/12/30? | 45/01/30? | Saipan, Guam, Eniwetok, Ulithi - RP, air-sea rescue, convoy duty | 66 | ||
| 45/02/01 | 45/02/14 | Ulithi -train with UDTs | 66 | ||
| 45/02/16 | 45/03 | Detach | UDTs | 66 | |
| 45/03/01 | Detach | search for SS (with Terry) | 66 | ||
| 45/03/21 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 52.1.2 | 70 | |
| 45/05/28 | 45/06 | Iceber | 32.1.2 | 66 | |
| 45/06/2? | 45/07/09 | sail to San Pedro, Cal. | 66 | ||
| 45/07/09 | 45/09?? | San Pedro, Cal. - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 57/05/17 | sold to Span > Lepanto | ||||