USN · DD

Kidd

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Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classLaunched 1943-02-28Commissioned 1943-04-23Survived the war. Museum ship

U.S. Navy. USS Kidd (DD-661) underway, circa in April 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

ARAllan Barkhurst RobyCaptain, 23 April 1943 – 28 August 1944 HMHarry Grimshaw MooreCaptain, 28 August 1944 – 11 April 1945 BBBurdick Heinkel BrittinCaptain, 11 April 1945 – 12 April 1945 RKRichard Layfield KenneyCaptain, 12 April 1945 – 29 April 1945 FBFred Marshall BushCaptain from 29 April 1945