who was killed aboard his flagship, USS ARIZONA (BB-39) during the surprise attack by the Japanese on the American fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.īuilt at Federal Shipbuilding & Dry-dock Company of Kearny, New Jersey, KIDD was one of four destroyers launched on Februin a record-breaking fourteen minutes. In the traditional system of naming destroyers after Naval heroes, she was named after Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd, Sr. The USS KIDD (DD-661) is a Fletcher-class destroyer, the six hundred sixty-first destroyer built by the United States Navy. The only Fletcher-class destroyer restored to her WWII (1945) configuration and open to the public for tours.
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