A great website by Mr. Earl Hawkins about his life and times aboard the Destroyer DD-650 USS Caperton.

Photograph and information on the burial site of Admiral William Banks Caperton.

Website about the USS Kidd which has become a floating museum and which the USS Caperton donated some of her parts to restore.

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.

From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting ships, a brief history of the USS Caperton and Admiral Wm. Caperton

This page has a very good biography of Rear Admiral William Banks Caperton, the person the USS Caperton DD-650 was named after

Haze Gray and Under Way is a site with an incredible amount of historical Naval information and photgraphs.

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.

This is the National Association of Destroyer Veterans website. The site has a wealth of information on Destroyers and boasts over 23,000 members!

HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another.