USS Kidd (DD-661)

USS Kidd underway, 1951
History
United States
Name	Kidd
Namesake	Isaac C. Kidd
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down	16 October 1942
Launched	28 February 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Isaac C. Kidd
Commissioned	23 April 1943
Decommissioned	10 December 1946
Recommissioned	28 March 1951
Decommissioned	19 June 1964
Stricken	1 December 1974
Identification	Callsign: NYKF Hull number: DD-661
Nickname(s)	Pirate of the Atlantic & Pacific
Honors and awards	See Awards
Status	Museum ship in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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General characteristics
Class and type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	376 ft (115 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
Propulsion	4 oil-fired boilers, 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	329
Armament	April 1943-December 1944: 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 6 × 40 mm AA guns (3 x 2) 7 × 20 mm AA guns (7 × 1) 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2 × 5) 6 × K-gun depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge tracks February–May 1945: 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 10 × 40 mm AA guns (5 x 2) 7 × 20 mm AA guns (7 × 1) 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2 × 5) 6 × K-gun depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge tracks Post-August 1945 and as preserved: 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 14 × 40 mm AA guns (3 x 2, 2 x 4) 12 × 20 mm AA guns (6 × 2) 5 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1 × 5) 6 × K-gun depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge tracks
USS Kidd (DD-661)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Kidd serves as part of the Louisiana Veterans Memorial.
Location	305 South River Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°26′40″N 91°11′29″W / 30.44431°N 91.19151°W / 30.44431; -91.19151
Built	1943
Architect	US Navy
NRHP reference No.	83000502[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	9 August 1983
Designated NHL	14 January 1986[2]

USS Kidd (DD-661), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who died on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Admiral Kidd was the first US flag officer to die during World War II and the first American admiral ever to be killed in action.^[3] A National Historic Landmark, she is now a museum ship, berthed on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is the only surviving US destroyer still in her World War II configuration. She is one of four remaining Fletcher-Class Destroyer ships in the world.