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KIDD (DD 661)

DESTROYER

UIC:04061
Class:DD 448 Fleet:
Status:Donated as a Museum and Memorial Homeport:
Date status changed:04/26/1982 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: MARAD Type:
Builder: FEDERAL/KEARNY
Delivery Date:04/22/1943
Award Date:12/15/1941 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal):39.0 years
Keel Date:10/16/1942 Commission Date:04/23/1943
Launch Date:02/28/1943 Inactivation Date:
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal)39.2 years Decommission Date:06/19/1964
Years from Commission to Decommission: 21.2
Stricken Date: 12/01/1974

Overall Length: 376 ft Waterline Length:369 ft
Extreme Beam:40 ft Waterline Beam:39 ft
Maximum Navigational Draft:18 ft Draft Limit:14 ft
Light Displacement:2120 tons Full Displacement:3040 tons
Dead Weight:920 tons
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers: 2
Number of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:
Accommodations: Officers: 23 Enlisted: 302

Remarks: 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.






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