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USS Kidd (DD 661) underway c1951
USS Kidd (DD 661) underway c1951

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. 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.

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South River Road 305
70801 Baton Rouge, Downtown Development District (Downtown Development District)
Louisiana, United States
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USS Kidd (DD 661) underway c1951
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