. "1945-06-20"^^ . "--04-29"^^ . . . . . . "1977-04-29"^^ . "USS Epperson (DD/DDE-719) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. It was named for United States Marine Corps Private Harold G. Epperson (1923\u20131944) who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Battle of Saipan. Epperson was launched on 22 December 1945 at the Port Newark yard by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. of Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. J. B. Epperson, mother of Private Epperson. Epperson was placed in mothballs and towed to Bath Iron Works in December 1946. Epperson was redesignated DDE-719 on 28 January 1948; completed by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; and commissioned on 19 March 1949."@en . . . . . . . . "1977-04-29"^^ . . . . . "*6 \u00D7 5\"/38 caliber guns\n*12 \u00D7 40 mm AA guns\n*11 \u00D7 20 mm AA guns\n*5 \u00D7 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes\n*6 \u00D7 depth charge projectors\n*2 \u00D7 depth charge tracks"@en . "1949-03-19"^^ . . . . . . . "1945-12-22"^^ . . "--01-28"^^ . . . "6714916"^^ . . "64.81999999999999"^^ . . . "PNS Taimur"@en . . . "1093103564"^^ . "Pakistan"@en . . . . . . . . . "full"@en . . . . . . . "118.872"^^ . . . . . . "1949-03-19"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "7056"^^ . . . . "1976-01-30"^^ . . "USS Epperson"@en . "12.192"^^ . "Sunk as a target, March 2000"@en . "Transferred toPakistan, 29 April 1977" . . "USS Epperson (DD/DDE-719) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. It was named for United States Marine Corps Private Harold G. Epperson (1923\u20131944) who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Battle of Saipan."@en . . . . . "at"@en . . "5"^^ . . . . "title"@en . . . . . . . . . . "PNS Taimur"@en . "United States"@en . . "USS Epperson (DD-719)"@en . . "USS Epperson"@en . . "1999"^^ . . "1945-06-20"^^ . . "Geared turbines, 2 shafts,"@en . "336"^^ . . "Sunk as a target, March 2000" . . "1945-12-22"^^ . . . . . "118872.0"^^ . . "4.2672"^^ . . . . . .