USS Keppler (DD-765)
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Keppler |
| Namesake | Reinhardt J. Keppler |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, CA |
| Launched | 24 June 1946 |
| Commissioned | 23 May 1947 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1972 |
| Reclassified |
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| Identification |
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| Honors & awards | 2 battle stars (Korea) |
| Fate | Sold to Turkey |
| Turkey | |
| Name | TCG Tınaztepe (D 355) |
| Namesake | Town of Tınaztepe |
| Acquired | 1 July 1972 |
| Decommissioned | 31 October 1984 |
| Out of service | 2 May 1984 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) |
| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 267 |
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The third USS Keppler (DD/DDE-765) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the Korean War and the Vietnam War. She was named for Boatswain's Mate First Class Reinhardt J. Keppler (1918–1942), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
Keppler was launched on 24 June 1946 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Shipbuilding Division, San Francisco, California sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth L. Keppler, widow of BM1c Keppler; and commissioned on 23 May 1947.