Keppler (DDE 765) - Naval Cruise Book

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U.S.S.KEPPLER lDDE7655 Claws, or Fbuir Post OFF4-'LE NL-.-.' Yusrfzv- New YORK l January l954 From: Commanding Officer ' of the KBPPLBR To: The crew o nommendation ' for Sllbjl tf l. The KEPPLER has long had a reputation carrying out her missions with speed, dash, and accuracy. She has the reputation of being a ucan don ship, and it is not unusual for her to perform better or to look smarter than other ships in company. r 2. Although it is the KEPPLER that gets the credit and Nwell Donesu from sources outside the ship, all credit must go to each man and officer in the crew. Without you, the S KEPPLER is only a cold dead mass of steel, - aluminum, and electron tubes. Every officer and man aboard is necessary to breathe life, and intelligent maneuyerability into Q power, L our ship. l 5. During peace or war, the KEPPLER will always be ready to pull more than her share of the load, for the simple reason that you use your talents well, you work hard, and mos important of all, you take pride in making the KEPPLER a better and a happier ship. roud to be associated with you. I am very p J. E. GIBSON -.. ., '-4-.. , ' W'-V.. 'A 1 N -' mph. -.,.., , ' '- Q- -.. .

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ilinrvmnrh This is the story in words and pictures of the United States Ship Kcpplcl' HIDE 71155. Our story' .starts on Blunt' 2-I. 1946, when the KL'lllJ1L'l' slid down the ziwiys of tht' Bt'llIlt'l1t'tH Steel titrmptmy in San I rant'is1'o, California. .Yearly a year later on Max' Zi, I9-17, she was conmtissioned and tht' traditional hottlr' of tlntmpagne was smashed across the how of the ship. The Kcpplcr was officially at't't'ptt'd for the United States Navy by P. AI. Gaitiglio, CDR., USN, tht' Kcpplcfs first commanding officer. This is the story of an xlnierican hghting ship and its Krew, the men who lizfe and work on lroard, the men who issue orders and the men who carry them ont, the men who szvah the decks and the men who dirty them again. This is the story of the men who cook the chow and the men who gripe about it, the men who plot the stars, and the man who has the conn. This is the story of an American lighting ship at sea and in foreign ports, yes, this is the USS Kcppler. The ship was named in honor of Reinhardt john Keppler, Boat- swain's Mate First Class, USN llleceasedj. He was horn in Ralston, Washington, january 22, 1918. He graduated from the Wapato High School, lWapato, Washington, in june, 1935, and enlisted in the Navy at Seattle on February 19, 1936. He had continuous seruice and ad- vanced through the various enlisted ratings to that of Boatswain Mate First Class, which rating he attained on October I, 1941. Kepplef reported on hoard the USS San Francisco on May 27, 1940. He par- ticipated in several major campaigns during World Hfar II. Keppler died as a result of zwninrls receizfed in action on Noitem her 15, 1942. He has lzeen awardt'a' the Aledal of Honor fl05llttlt7lUltSl'Y, and also the Purple Heart posthumously.

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