USS CARPENTER, DD-825 / DDK-825 / DDE-825
CLASS - GEARING
As Built.
Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots
Crew 336
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange Texas July 30 1945.
Launched December 28 1945 and commissioned December 15 1949.
Reclassified DDK-825 January 28 1948, reverted to DDE-825 March 4 1950.
Reverted to DD-825 June 30 1962.
Decommissioned 1981.
To Turkey 1981, renamed Anittepe.
Stricken 1997.
RECEIVED FROM JIM LAZALIER MARCH 6, 2002
When I looked at the ship specifications I noticed an inaccuracy which has been carried by publications for a long period of time. The Carpenter and The Owens both had two twin 3"50 guns when first commissioned. The Carpenter received 3"70's in 1957 and the 5"38 in the 1960's.
RECEIVED FROM JIM BURTON MARCH 16, 2002
I served on the Carpenter from 1949 (Plankowner) until April of 1953
when I was transferred back to San Diego for reassignment.
No mention has been made of the special ASW weapons that we carried
i.e., the MK 108 Launchers (one forward and one aft) that were used
for Weapon Able (that was essentially a rocket propelled depth
charge), which had a diameter of 12.75". As I remember the forward
Launcher was only fired one or two times during my stay on Carpenter
(first shot burned out the launcher and most of the paint off the
forward part of the bridge). We had four 21" fixed mount torpedo
tubes (two to port and two to Stbd) but no torpedoes.
Jim Burton (former ET1)