USS Kidd (DD-661) is the only Fletcher-class destroyer preserved in WWII configuration. With 175 total ships launched, the Fletchers were the most numerous and most impactful class of destroyers in the US Navy during the Second World War. DD-661 was named for RAdm.
Isaac C. Kidd, who was killed onboard the Battleship Arizona at Pearl Harbor. USS Kidd saw action in both the Atlantic and in the Pacific.
In April 1945, the ship was seriously damaged by a Kamikaze strike. Kidd was recommissioned during the Korean War, and finally decommissioned for the final time in 1964. The interior and exterior of the ship have been painstakingly restored and preserved in Baton Rouge by the Louisiana Naval War Memorial Commission.
This work uses color photography to provide readers an illustrated tour of the ship, above and below deck.
| ISBN: | 9780764364655 |
| Publication date: | 6th December 2022 |
| Author: | David Doyle |
| Publisher: | Schiffer Military History an imprint of Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 112 pages |
| Series: | Legends of Warfare: Naval |
| Genres: |
Naval forces and warfare Second World War Photojournalism and documentary photography Military history |
USS Kidd (DD-661) is the only Fletcher-class destroyer preserved in WWII configuration. With 175 total ships launched, the Fletchers were the most numerous and most impactful class of destroyers in the US Navy during the Second World War.
USS Kidd (DD-661) features in the following genres: Naval forces and warfare, Second World War, Photojournalism and documentary photography, Military history
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USS Kidd (DD-661) was written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History an imprint of Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
USS Kidd (DD-661) has 112 pages
Yes it is part of Legends of Warfare: Naval series