USS Kidd (DDG-100)

What you are viewing here is one of our U. S. Navy Guided Missile Destroyers operating in the Plane Guard position behind a U. S. Navy Aircraft Carrier. Destroyers usually steam behind a Carrier during the conduct of Flight Operations in case a Plane goes down or a Sailor is blown overboard. A Carrier must be steaming into the Wind at 25 knots so that the jet airplanes can be launched.

This Guided Missile Destroyer is over 500 feet long and is well equipped and manned to participate in any duty as assigned by our Commander in Chief. This ship is named after a U.S. Navy officer who was the First Flag Rank Officer to lose his life in World War II. What a great legacy for this ship and the crew.