Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer Escort |
Class | Buckley |
Pennant | DE 207 |
Built by | Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 8 Jun 1942 |
Laid down | 12 May 1943 |
Launched | 6 Sep 1943 |
Commissioned | 7 Jan 1944 |
End service | 21 Jun 1946 |
History | Converted to High Speed Transport and reclassified as APD-61 on 5 July 1944. |
Commands listed for USS Kephart (DE 207)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Irven Harper Cammarn, USNR | 7 Jan 1944 | 19 Jun 1945 |
2 | Robert Michael Matthews, Jr., USNR | 19 Jun 1945 |
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