SS26010 USS Kidd On Deck (Paperback)
By David Doyle.
Fletcher-class destroyers were the mainstay of the U.S. Navy's
destroyer force during World War II. With 175 of the class
commissioned, the Fletchers were the most numerous of the
American "Tin Cans" – as destroyers are affectionately known.
Today, only one of the type has been preserved in WW
II-configuration, the USS Kidd. Named after Rear Admiral Isaac C.


Kidd, who gave his life on the bridge of his flagship USS
Arizona at Pearl Harbor, the destroyer USS Kidd (DD-661)
conducted two years of successful operations in the Atlantic and
Pacific during World War II, before being struck by a kamikaze on


11 April 1945. In that incident, the Kidd lost 38 of her crewmen
killed and another 55 wounded. After repairs, the destroyer
rejoined the fleet, only to be decommissioned after the war.
Recommissioned and brought back to active service during the
Korean War, the Kidd remained an active Naval vessel until she
was decommissioned for the last time in 1964. Documented in
230-plus color close-up photos are the details of the exterior of


the ship, as well as the interior spaces, where destroyer
sailors lived, fought, and some died, painstakingly restored and
preserved today in Baton Rouge by the Louisiana Naval War
Memorial Commission.
Illustrated with 234 photographs. 80 pages. Hardcover ISBN =
978-0-89747-671-3. Paperback in perfect binding: ISBN =
978-0-89747-670-6.