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A great website by Mr. Earl Hawkins about his life and times aboard the Destroyer DD-650 USS Caperton.
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Photograph and information on the burial site of Admiral William Banks Caperton.
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Website about the USS Kidd which has become a floating museum and which the USS Caperton donated some of her parts to restore.
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Unlike usscaperton.info which focuses solely on DD-650, Destroyers online is a website seeking to become a central Resouce for all things Destroyer, and as such would like information on the USS Caperton and her crews. Files and photos may be E-mailed to them and they will incorporate them into their pages.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting ships, a brief history of the USS Caperton and Admiral Wm. Caperton
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This page has a very good biography of Rear Admiral William Banks Caperton, the person the USS Caperton DD-650 was named after
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Haze Gray and Under Way is a site with an incredible amount of historical Naval information and photgraphs.
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On 1 Feb 1944 the USS Indiana and the USS Washington collided resulting in 14 deaths. The USS Caperton was involved in screening for the two damaged ships. The story is here.
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This is the National Association of Destroyer Veterans website. The site has a wealth of information on Destroyers and boasts over 23,000 members!
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HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another.