USS Epperson (DD-719)
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USS Epperson (DD-719) in 1970
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Epperson (DD-719) |
| Namesake: | Harold G. Epperson |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
| Laid down: | 20 June 1945 |
| Launched: | 22 December 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 19 March 1949 |
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| Struck: | 30 January 1976 |
| Honors and awards: |
5 battle stars (Korea) |
| Fate: | Transferred to Pakistan, 29 April 1977 |
 Pakistan
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| Name: | PNS Taimur |
| Namesake: | Taimur |
| Acquired: | 29 April 1977 |
| Decommissioned: | 1999 |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target, March 2000 |
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| Class and type: | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
| Length: | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 336 |
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USS Epperson (DD/DDE-719) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for United States Marine Corps Private Harold G. Epperson (1923–1944), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Battle of Saipan.
Epperson was launched on 22 December 1945 at the Port Newark yard by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. of Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. J. B. Epperson, mother of Private Epperson.Epperson was placed in mothballs and towed to Bath Iron Works in December 1946.Epperson was redesignated DDE-719 on 28 January 1948; completed by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; and commissioned on 19 March 1949, Commander T. H. W. Connor in command.
Epperson conducted training along the east coast; on 10 December 1949 she arrived at Key West for intensive antisubmarine warfare exercises. On 22 August 1950 Epperson sailed for Pearl Harbor, her home port, arriving on 10 September. She operated in the Hawaiian Islands with her squadron and ships of other types, and on 7 November 1950 became flagship of Commander, Escort Division 12.
Epperson sailed from Pearl Harbor on 1 June 1951 for service in the Korean War. She screened the carrier task force off Korea, patrolled and bombarded the coast, and joined in hunter-killer exercises off Okinawa before returning to Pearl Harbor on 14 November. Her second Korean tour, from 10 November 1952 to 29 May 1953, found her performing similar duty, as well as patrolling the Taiwan Straits, and entering the dangerous waters of Wonsan Harbor to bombard enemy shore batteries.
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