USS Kidd (DDG-100)
USS Kidd on 18 May 2011
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Kidd |
Namesake | Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd |
Ordered | 6 March 1998 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 29 April 2004 |
Launched | 22 January 2005 |
Commissioned | 9 June 2007 |
Homeport | Everett |
Identification |
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Motto | On To Victory |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | 9,200 tons |
Length | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) |
Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
Speed | 30+ knots (55+ km/h) |
Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
USS Kidd (DDG-100) is an
Construction and career
Kidd was
While in the midst of final outfitting, the ship was holed and partially flooded at the shipyard docks during
On 5 January 2012, Kidd rescued the 13-member crew of the Iranian-flagged fishing vessel Al Molai from
Search for Malaysia Airlines MH 370
On 10 March 2014 the ship joined the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 two days after it went missing over the South China Sea. Kidd was the second Navy ship to be deployed in the search. It joined USS Pinckney, and more than 40 other ships and 32 aircraft from Malaysia, Australia, China, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan,[3] Vietnam, New Zealand, and the Philippines taking part in the search and rescue.[4] On 14 March it was announced that Kidd would be relocated to the Indian Ocean in search of the plane, since new evidence points to the possibility of the plane being there.[5]
2020 COVID-19 pandemic
On 24 April 2020, the United States Navy reported that a sailor assigned to Kidd had tested positive for the virus after being medically evacuated the previous day from operations at sea.[6] After the sailor's test returned positive, the Navy sent a medical team to the ship to conduct contact tracing and test sailors for the virus on board.[6] By the morning of 24 April, 17 additional sailors tested positive, with additional cases expected as testing continued.[6]
The initial patient was stable and recovering at a medical facility in
References
- ^ "Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet Administrative Organization Chart" (PDF). Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ Stanglin, Douglas (6 January 2012). "U.S. Navy rescues Iranian sailors from pirates". USA Today. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- Taiwan Today. 11 March 2014. Archived from the originalon 4 June 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- Malaysia Sun. 10 March 2014. Archived from the originalon 11 March 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ Starr, Barbara; Carter, Chelsea J. (15 March 2014). "USS Kidd relocated to Indian Ocean". CNN. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ Werner, Ben (23 April 2020). "26 Navy Battle Force Ships Have Had COVID-19 Cases - USNI News". News.usni.org. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.