USS Carpenter (DD/DDK/DDE-825) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Donald M. Carpenter (1894–1940).
Carpenter was laid down on 30 July 1945 at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas; launched on 28 September 1945, and sponsored by Mrs. Donald M. Carpenter, widow of the ship's namesake. Work ceased on the ship, however, when the contract for her construction was cancelled on 30 January 1946, resumed on 21 February, but stopped again on 21 October when the hull was transferred to Algiers Naval Station, Louisiana. Towed to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company on 6 November 1947 for completion as a hunter-killer anti-submarine destroyer (DDK), Carpenter was commissioned at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia, on 15 December 1949, Commander James B. Grady in command."
U.S.S. CARPENTER SHIPMATE ASSOCIATION
The U.S.S. Carpenter Shipmate Association was formed to be the place and means of gathering shipmates to share stories, experiences and many other things while they were aboard the ship. The Association is in charge of serveral things such as the Reunions, the Store, the Website, and Newsletters among others. Below you can see a list of the current Association leadership.
Elected Association Officers
President: Joel Weinbaum, smokycolors@yahoo.com
Vice-President: Jimmie Kennedy, kennjd3@gmail.com
Secretary: Marty Wilson, RWilson106@aol.com
Treasurer: Lowell Pogatchnik, lowell.pogatchnik@gmail.com
Past President: Ed Nolan, mared2@bellsouth.net
Appointed Positions
Chaplain: Bill Gillete, wagillette@sbcglobal.net
Historian: Phil (Shep) Shepard, philmar29@hotmail.com
Master-At-Arms: Guy Dennis, pirategcdennis@wmconnect.com