Allied Warships

USS Capps (DD 550)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassFletcher 
PennantDD 550 
Built byGulf Shipbuilding Corp. (Chickasaw, Alabama, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down12 Jun 1941 
Launched31 May 1942 
Commissioned23 Jun 1943 
End service15 Jan 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 15 January 1947.
Transferred to Spain on 15 May 1957 being renamed Lepanto.
Lepanto was stricken on 31 December 1985 and scrapped.

 

Commands listed for USS Capps (DD 550)

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1Lt.Cdr. Bruce Edward Scofield Trippensee, USN23 Jun 1943Dec 1945

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