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DD-661 Kidd
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
1943/02/28 1943/04/23 1974
memori
Namesake: RAdm Isaac Campbell Kidd, Sr., ComBatRonPacFlt, KIA 41/12/07 aboard BB-39 Arizona, CMH
TTD differences from class:45/09: instead one torpedo tube 2x4x40, Ms 32
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 31/10d, 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/08/25? 43/09/17     joinPac - Panama Canal   81 
43/08/25?       sail from Panama to P.H.   81 
43/09/17 43/09/29     P.H.   66 
43/09/2 ?       damage(North Carolina) during simulated torpedo attack   81 
43/09/29 43/10/11   14/DesRon48/DesDiv96 raid Wake   81 
43/10/21 43/12/09 Galvan 50.3/DesRon48/DesDiv96     81 
43/12/09 44/01/11     P.H.   66 
44/01/11 44/01/19     sail from P.H. > Esp. Santo > Funafuti   66 
44/01/2? 44/02/26 Flint 53?     66 
44/02/26       Kwajalein   66 
44/03/20 44/04/14     Emirau - partol duty   66 
44/04/16 44/05/07 Persec 78.2/DesRon48/DesDiv96     70 
44/05/29 44/08/10 Forage 52.11.2/DesRon48/DesDiv96     25  70 
44/06/21 44/07 Forage 53.7.1/DesRon48/DesDiv96 land Guam   81 
44/07/12 44/07/16 Forage 53.18.2/DesDiv96 sail from Guam to Eniwetok   127 
44/08/26 44/09/15     PHNY - overhaul   66 
44/09/15 44/09/26     sail from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
44/10/03       Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/10/12 44/11/14 King2 77.2     66 
44/11/14 44/11/19     sail from Leyte to Humboldt Bay   66 
44/11/19 44/12/09     Humboldt Bay   66 
44/12/09 44/12/25     sail from Humboldt Bay to Mare Island   66 
44/12/25 45/02/19     MINY - overhaul   66 
45/03/14 45/04/11 Iceber 58.3/DesRon48/DesDiv96     104 
45/04/11   Iceber 58.3/DesRon48/DesDiv96 damage(kami) 115 nm E of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-00N, 130-00E) - 38 KIA, 55 WIA   81  66  85
45/04/2? 45/05/02     Ulithi - temporary repairs (AD-20 Hamul)   66 
45/05/02 45/05/25     sail from Ulithi to Hunters Point   66 
45/05/25 45/08/01     HPNY - repairs   66 
45/08/01 45/08/1     sail from Hunters Point to P.H.   66 
45/08/1? 45/09/1?     P.H.   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: memorial at Baton Rouge, (Louis)
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars
Notice: Pirate of the Pacific