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USS Kidd (DD-661) by Robert F. Sumrall Tin Can Sailors, 2002, 80 pages. The title gives the impression that this short book will concentrate on the destroyer USS Kidd (DD-661), now a museum ship in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
KIDD IS LOCATED AT THE LOUISIANA NAVAL WAR MEMORIAL COMMISSION, 305 SOUTH RIVER ROAD, BATON ROUGE, LA. SHE IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, REF. NO. 83000502 AND DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK ON 1/14/1986. Last Updated: 06/11/2002: To learn more about current U.S. Navy ship types visit:
USS KIDD DD-661. The Tin Can Sailor, May 1987. Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd was killed in action on the bridge of his flagship during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. He left a record of a brilliant naval career, and since destroyers are named for heroes, he left his name to a first line ship of the Navy.
USS KIDD (DD-661), USS KIDD (DDG-993), and USS KIDD (DDG 100) were all named for Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd, Sr., one of the first American naval heroes of World War II. RADM Kidd was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
On 27 August 1983 the USS Kidd (DD-661) was opened as a museum- memorial in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.She is the third, and in all probability the last of the famous Fletcher (DD-445)- class destroyers to be saved from the scrap pile.
USS Kidd (DD-661) Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The USS Kidd Veterans Memorial consists of the restored WWII destroyer Kidd (DD-661) and a large two-floor museum with a variety of nautical exhibits including many model ships. Kidd first opened to the public in 1983 as a museum ship moored along the banks of the Mississippi River.
USS KIDD Downtown Baton Rouge’s Fletcher-class destroyer USS KIDD (DD-661) and the Louisiana Veterans Museum. Address. 305 South River Road Baton Rouge, LA 70802.
