| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Keppler |
| Namesake: | Boatswain's Mate First Class Reinhardt J. Keppler (1918-1942), a U.S. Navy Navy Cross recipient |
| Builder: | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down: | Date unknown |
| Launched: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction cancelled 6 January 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,350 tons |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 8 in (11 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 5 in (3 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp; 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 12 kt |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns (2×1) • 4 × 40 mm AA guns (2×2) • 10 × 20 mm AA guns (10×1) • 3 × 21 in. torpedo tubes (1×3) • 8 × depth charge projectors • 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) • 2 × depth charge tracks |
The second USS Keppler (DE-375) was a proposed United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed.
Keppler was laid down at Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas, during World War II. However, her construction was cancelled on 6 January 1944 before she could be launched.
The name Keppler was reassigned to destroyer USS Keppler (DD-765).